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Getting domestication straight: ramosa1 in maize.
Molecular ecology - 1 Apr 2010
Dempewolf Hannes
Abstract excerpt
Knowledge of the identities and characteristics of genes that govern the dramatic phenotypic differences between cultivated plants and their wild ancestors has greatly enhanced our understanding of the domestication process. In this issue of Molecular Ecology, Sigmon & Vollbrecht report the discovery of a new maize domestication gene, ramosa1, which encodes a putative transcription factor in the ramosa...
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