High-Resolution Mapping of a Fruit Firmness-Related Quantitative Trait Locus in Tomato Reveals Epistatic Interactions Associated with a Complex Combinatorial Locus 1

Plant and Crop Sciences Division, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, Leicstershire LE12 5RD, United Kingdom (N.H.C., N.G., R.S., G.S., G.B.S.); Syngenta Seeds Limited, 31790 Saint Sauveur, France (J.B., L.G.); Applied Statistical Solutions, Bishops Tachbrook, Leamington Spa CV33 9RJ, United Kingdom (J.L.); School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Wellesbourne Campus, Warwick CV35 9EF, United Kingdom (P.G.W.); Campden BRI, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire GL55 6LD, United Kingdom (M.P.); Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UR1052, Unité de Génétique et Amélioration des Fruits et Légumes, Domaine Saint-Maurice, 84143 Montfavet cedex, France (M.C.); Southern Cross Plant Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales 2480, Australia (G.J.K.); and Syngenta Seeds Limited, Jealott’s Hill International Research Centre, Bracknell, Berkshire RG42 6EY, United Kingdom (C.B.)

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