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The role of a pseudo-response regulator gene in life cycle adaptation and domestication of beet.
Current biology : CB - 19 Jun 2012
Pin Pierre A, Zhang Wenying, Vogt Sebastian H, Dally Nadine, Büttner Bianca, Schulze-Buxloh Gretel, Jelly Noémie S, Chia Tansy Y P, Mutasa-Göttgens Effie S, Dohm Juliane C, Himmelbauer Heinz, Weisshaar Bernd, Kraus Josef, Gielen Jan J L, Lommel Murielle, Weyens Guy, Wahl Bettina, Schechert Axel, Nilsson Ove, Jung Christian, Kraft Thomas, Müller Andreas E
Abstract excerpt
Life cycle adaptation to latitudinal and seasonal variation in photoperiod and temperature is a major determinant of evolutionary success in flowering plants. Whereas the life cycle of the dicotyledonous model species Arabidopsis thaliana is controlled by two epistatic genes, FLOWERING LOCUS C and FRIGIDA, three unrelated loci (VERNALIZATION) determine the spring and winter habits of monocotyledonous plants such...
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