Construction of a high-quality indexed EMS mutant library and a pipeline for identifying causal mutations in wheat by whole-exome sequencing

Dong Cao; Guangrui Liu; Yunlong Liang; Yaolin Yao; Haiqing Wang; Yun Li; Baolong Liu

doi:10.1016/j.jgg.2026.06.009

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Construction of a high-quality indexed EMS mutant library and a pipeline for identifying causal mutations in wheat by whole-exome sequencing

doi: 10.1016/j.jgg.2026.06.009

a. Qinghai Province Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, Qinghai 810008, China;
b. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

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This work was supported by funding from Qinghai Provincial Department of Science and Technology (2025-QY-216).

Received Date: 2026-04-24
Accepted Date: 2026-06-16
Rev Recd Date: 2026-06-10

Available Online: 2026-06-22

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