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The conserved PFT1 tandem repeat is crucial for proper flowering in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Genetics - 1 Oct 2014
Rival Pauline, Press Maximilian O, Bale Jacob, Grancharova Tanya, Undurraga Soledad F, Queitsch Christine
Abstract excerpt
It is widely appreciated that short tandem repeat (STR) variation underlies substantial phenotypic variation in organisms. Some propose that the high mutation rates of STRs in functional genomic regions facilitate evolutionary adaptation. Despite their high mutation rate, some STRs show little to no variation in populations. One such STR occurs in the Arabidopsis thaliana gene PFT1 (MED25), where it encodes an...
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