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Dual genetic pathways controlling nodule number in Medicago truncatula.
Plant physiology - 1 Mar 2003
Penmetsa R Varma, Frugoli Julia A, Smith Lucinda S, Long Sharon R, Cook Douglas R
Abstract excerpt
We report the isolation and characterization of a new Medicago truncatula hyper-nodulation mutant, designated sunn (super numeric nodules). Similar to the previously described ethylene-insensitive mutant sickle, sunn exhibits a 10-fold increase in the number of nodules within the primary nodulation zone. Despite this general similarity, these two mutants are readily distinguished based on anatomical, genetic,...
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