Genome-wide association studies reveal that members of bHLH subfamily 16 share a conserved function in regulating flag leaf angle in rice (Oryza sativa)

• Haijiao Dong,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Center of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China

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• Hu Zhao,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software

  Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Center of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China

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• Shuangle Li,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Center of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China

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• Zhongmin Han,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software

  Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Center of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China

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• Gang Hu,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Center of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China

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• Chang Liu,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Center of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China

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• Gaiyu Yang,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Center of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China

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• Gongwei Wang,

  Roles Data curation, Resources

  Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Center of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China

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• Weibo Xie,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Software

  Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Center of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2768-3572

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• Yongzhong Xing

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: yzxing@mail.hzau.edu.cn

  Affiliations National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Center of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China, Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Grain Industry, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1376-1514

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