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Transposon-dependent induction of Vincent van Gogh's sunflowers: exceptions revealed.
Genesis (New York, N.Y. : 2000) - 1 Apr 2014
Fambrini Marco, Salvini Mariangela, Basile Alice, Pugliesi Claudio
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The radiate sunflower inflorescence is composed by zygomorphic ray flowers and actinomorphic disk flowers. Studies performed on mutants identify HaCYC2c, a CYCLOIDEA (CYC)-like gene, as one of the key players controlling flower symmetry in sunflower. turf and tub mutants are characterized by a shift from zygomorphic to actinomorphic ray flowers, caused by insertion of transposable elements (TEs) in HaCYC2c gene....
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