Identification of putative candidate genes. The genomic sequence between the flanking SSR markers was downloaded from
Japonica rice genome and analyzed using the online software
FGENESH (http://www.softberry.com). All genes with clear open
reading frames (ORFs) were identified and a putative function for
these genes was annotated using BLAST-P utility (http://www.
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov) to identify the putative function of each gene
identified in the region of interest.