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Morphological diversity and genetic regulation of inflorescence abscission zones in grasses.
American journal of botany - 1 Oct 2014
Doust Andrew N, Mauro-Herrera Margarita, Francis Amie D, Shand Laura C
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: • PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Variation in how seeds are dispersed in grasses is ecologically important, and selection for dispersal mechanisms has produced a great variety of dispersal structures (diaspores). Abscission ("shattering") is necessary in wild grasses, but its elimination by selection on nonshattering mutants was a key component of the domestication syndrome in cereal grasses. A key question is...
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