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The wheat VRN2 gene is a flowering repressor down-regulated by vernalization.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 12 Mar 2004
Yan Liuling, Loukoianov Artem, Blechl Ann, Tranquilli Gabriela, Ramakrishna Wusirika, SanMiguel Phillip, Bennetzen Jeffrey L, Echenique Viviana, Dubcovsky Jorge
Abstract excerpt
Plants with a winter growth habit flower earlier when exposed for several weeks to cold temperatures, a process called vernalization. We report here the positional cloning of the wheat vernalization gene VRN2, a dominant repressor of flowering that is down-regulated by vernalization. Loss of func...
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