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Genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism array analysis coupled with mapping-by-sequencing using next generation sequencing-based high-throughput approaches resulted in the identification of a candidate locus responsible for the\n                    <jats:italic>spff<\/jats:italic>\n                    mutant phenotype. Subsequent linkage analysis and RNA interference-based silencing indicated that these phenotypes were caused by a loss-of-function mutation of a single gene (\n                    <jats:italic>Solyc04g077010<\/jats:italic>\n                    ), which encodes a receptor-like protein kinase that was expressed in vascular bundles in young buds. Cytological and transcriptomic analyses suggested that parthenocarpy in the\n                    <jats:italic>spff<\/jats:italic>\n                    mutant was associated with enlarged ovarian cells and with elevated expression of the gibberellin metabolism gene,\n                    <jats:italic>GA20ox1<\/jats:italic>\n                    . 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