A candidate gene based approach validates Md-PG1 as the main responsible for a QTL impacting fruit texture in apple (Malus x domesticaBorkh)

Table 3 Association between the three significant haplotypes and texture sub-traits

		Acoustic linear distance	Acoustic peaks	Area	FinalForce	Force Peaks	MaxForce	Mean Force	Yield Force	Young Module
Haplotype	%	EMP2	EMP2	EMP2	EMP2	EMP2	EMP2	EMP2	EMP2	EMP2
H1	2.4-20.3	0.00100	0.00300	0.00100	0.00100	0.02997	0.00200	0.00100	0.00300	0.03996
H2	0.7-8.3	0.01698	0.03696	0.02697	0.08591	0.08991	0.04895	0.02198	0.03796	0.07093
H3	0.7-10.7	0.01898	0.01598	0.66330	0.47250	0.35760	0.60040	0.62540	0.79120	0.98900

In bold significant association values with a P-value < 0.05 after correction of 1000 permutations are reported.

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