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Short panicle1 encodes a putative PTR family transporter and determines rice panicle size.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 May 2009
Li Shengben, Qian Qian, Fu Zhiming, Zeng Dali, Meng Xiangbing, Kyozuka Junko, Maekawa Masahiko, Zhu Xudong, Zhang Jian, Li Jiayang, Wang Yonghong
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The architecture of the rice inflorescence, which is determined mainly by the number and length of primary and secondary inflorescence branches, is of importance in both agronomy and developmental biology. The position and number of primary branches are established during the phase transition from vegetative to reproductive growth, and several of the genes identified as participating in this process do so by...
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