PRKCZ gene may be associated with type 2 diabetes in Han population in North China. The haplotypes at five SNP sites in this gene may be responsible for this association.

Mutant plays an important role in function analysis in plant. A rice flower mutant reproduce organs absent (roa), showing a stable inheritance during several years of study, was identified in rice (Oryza sativa L. ssp. Indica) cultivar Jinhui10 treated with EMS and used in this study. This mutant showed following: elongated palea and pedicle; absence of inner three whorls of floral organs; multi-whorls glume like organs inside the lemma/palea; spikelet meristem like organ upon the pedicle. These phenotypes suggested that ROA is a key gene in rice spikelet development. Genetic analysis confirmed that the mutant traits were controlled by a single recessive nuclear gene. By gene mapping, ROA was restricted between two SSR markers RM221 and RM1342 on the chromosome 2. It concluded that ROA was a novel gene involving in flower development in rice. Besides, the mutation of ROA influenced the transcription level of floral homeotic genes; the expression of floral homeotic genes decreased in roa panicle compared with wild-type, and it suggested that ROA affected flower development by influencing the expression of floral homeotic genes.