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Synchronization of the flowering transition by the tomato TERMINATING FLOWER gene.
Nature genetics - 1 Dec 2012
MacAlister Cora A, Park Soon Ju, Jiang Ke, Marcel Fabien, Bendahmane Abdelhafid, Izkovich Yinon, Eshed Yuval, Lippman Zachary B
Abstract excerpt
The transition to flowering is a major determinant of plant architecture, and variation in the timing of flowering can have profound effects on inflorescence architecture, flower production and yield. Here, we show that the tomato mutant terminating flower (tmf) flowers early and converts the multiflowered inflorescence into a solitary flower as a result of precocious activation of a conserved floral...
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