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A tandem array of CBF/DREB1 genes is located in a major freezing tolerance QTL region on Medicago truncatula chromosome 6.
BMC genomics - 21 Nov 2013
Tayeh Nadim, Bahrman Nasser, Sellier Hélène, Bluteau Aurélie, Blassiau Christelle, Fourment Joëlle, Bellec Arnaud, Debellé Frédéric, Lejeune-Hénaut Isabelle, Delbreil Bruno
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Freezing provokes severe yield losses to different fall-sown annual legumes. Understanding the molecular bases of freezing tolerance is of great interest for breeding programs. Medicago truncatula Gaertn. is an annual temperate forage legume that has been chosen as a model species for agronomically and economically important legume crops. The present study aimed to identify positional candidate genes...
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