Down the Rabbit Hole-Carrots, Genetics and Art.
The recent carrot genome assembly provides insight into carotenoid accumulation in carrots, and allows-together with other genetic information-to provide a molecular explanation for color differences observed in carrots painted throughout the centuries.
Amarant vzw, Zebrastraat 30-001, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
David
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Vergauwen
Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium; Department of Plant Biotechnology and Genetics, Ghent University, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium. Electronic address: ive.desmet@psb.vib-ugent.be.
Ive
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De Smet
D002338:Carotenoids / Q000378:metabolism*; D018552:Daucus carota / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D018745:Genome, Plant / Q000235:genetics*; D000077276:Lycopene; D019207:beta Carotene / Q000378:metabolism
D019207:beta Carotene; D002338:Carotenoids; D000077276:Lycopene
anthocyanin; art; carotenoids; carrot; lycopene; β-carotene