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Allelic variation at the VRN-1 promoter region in polyploid wheat.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Nov 2004
Yan L, Helguera M, Kato K, Fukuyama S, Sherman J, Dubcovsky J
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Vernalization, the requirement of a long exposure to low temperatures to induce flowering, is an essential adaptation of plants to cold winters. We have shown recently that the vernalization gene VRN-1 from diploid wheat Triticum monococcum is the meristem identity gene APETALA1, and that deletio...
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