MicroRNA396 is a coordinative regulator that can be modulated to reconcile the reverse relationship between fruit size and quality in tomato
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ORGANISM(S): Solanum lycopersicum
PROVIDER: GSE265866 | GEO | 2025/04/30
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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