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MORE SPIKELETS1 is required for spikelet fate in the inflorescence of Brachypodium.
Plant physiology - 1 Mar 2013
Derbyshire Paul, Byrne Mary E
Abstract excerpt
Grasses produce florets on a structure called a spikelet, and variation in the number and arrangement of both branches and spikelets contributes to the great diversity of grass inflorescence architecture. In Brachypodium (Brachypodium distachyon), the inflorescence is an unbranched spike with a terminal spikelet and a limited number of lateral spikelets. Spikelets are indeterminate and give rise to a variable...
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