biostudies-literatureUnknown70(1)Matsui KCommon buckwheat (<i>Fagopyrum esculentum</i>) is a heterostylous self-incompatible (SI) species with two different flower morphologies, pin and thrum. The SI trait is controlled by a single gene complex locus, <i>S.</i> Self-compatible (SC) lines were developed by crossing <i>F. esculentum</i> and <i>F. homotropicum</i>; these lines have an SC gene, <i>S^h</i> , which is dominant over the <i>s</i> allele and recessive to the <i>S</i> allele. <i>S-ELF3</i> has been identified as a candidate gene in the <i>S</i> locus and is present in the <i>S</i> and <i>S^h</i> but not <i>s</i> alleles. A single-nucleotide deletion in the <i>S-ELF3</i> gene of the <i>S^h</i> allele results in a frame shift. To develop co-dominant markers to distinguish between <i>S<sup>h</supBreeding science112-117https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7180148biostudies-literatureDevelopment of co-dominant markers linked to a hemizygous region that is related to the self-compatibility locus (<i>S</i>) in buckwheat (<i>Fagopyrum esculentum</i>).PMC7180148Ueno MYasui YMatsui KMizuno NTakeshima RfalseDevelopment of co-dominant markers linked to a hemizygous region that is related to the self-compatibility locus (<i>S</i>) in buckwheat (<i>Fagopyrum esculentum</i>).Common buckwheat (<i>Fagopyrum esculentum</i>) is a heterostylous self-incompatible (SI) species with two different flower morphologies, pin and thrum. The SI trait is controlled by a single gene complex locus, <i>S.</i> Self-compatible (SC) lines were developed by crossing <i>F. esculentum</i> and <i>F. homotropicum</i>; these lines have an SC gene, <i>S^h</i> , which is dominant over the <i>s</i> allele and recessive to the <i>S</i> allele. <i>S-ELF3</i> has been identified as a candidate gene in the <i>S</i> locus and is present in the <i>S</i> and <i>S^h</i> but not <i>s</i> alleles. A single-nucleotide deletion in the <i>S-ELF3</i> gene of the <i>S^h</i> allele results in a frame shift. To develop co-dominant markers to distinguish between <i>S<sup>h</sup2020-01-01T00:00:00Z2020 Mar2026-05-07T17:49:21.355Z2020-05-22T19:02:06ZS-EPMC71801483235131010.1270/jsbbs.19129