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Diversity of floral regulatory genes of japonica rice cultivated at northern latitudes.
BMC genomics - 5 Feb 2014
Naranjo Laura, Talón Manuel, Domingo Concha
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BACKGROUND: Rice is considered a short day plant. Originally from tropical regions rice has been progressively adapted to temperate climates and long day conditions in part by modulating its sensitivity to day length. Heading date 3a (Hd3a) and RICE FLOWERING LOCUS T 1 (RFT1) that code for florigens, are known as major regulatory genes of floral transition in rice. Both Hd3a and RFT1 are regulated by Early...
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