Article
Mutation at the circadian clock gene EARLY MATURITY 8 adapts domesticated barley (Hordeum vulgare) to short growing seasons.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 22 May 2012
Faure Sebastien, Turner Adrian S, Gruszka Damian, Christodoulou Vangelis, Davis Seth J, von Korff Maria, Laurie David A
Abstract excerpt
The circadian clock is an autonomous oscillator that produces endogenous biological rhythms with a period of about 24 h. This clock allows organisms to coordinate their metabolism and development with predicted daily and seasonal changes of the environment. In plants, circadian rhythms contribute to both evolutionary fitness and agricultural productivity. Nevertheless, we show that commercial barley varieties...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Arabidopsis
- Arabidopsis Proteins
- Chlorophyll Binding Proteins
- Circadian Rhythm
- Circadian Rhythm Signaling Peptides and Proteins
- Flowers
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Hordeum
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutagenesis
- Phenotype