Grain number and grain yield distribution along the spike remain stable despite breeding for high yield in winter wheat

• Norman Philipp ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: philipp@ipk-gatersleben.de

  Affiliation Department of Breeding Research, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Corrensstr. 3, Gatersleben, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9735-9946

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• Heiko Weichert,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Corrensstr. 3, Gatersleben, Germany

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• Utkarsh Bohra,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Corrensstr. 3, Gatersleben, Germany

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• Winfriede Weschke,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Corrensstr. 3, Gatersleben, Germany

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• Albert Wilhelm Schulthess,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Breeding Research, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Corrensstr. 3, Gatersleben, Germany

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• Hans Weber

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Corrensstr. 3, Gatersleben, Germany

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