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Natural variation at sympathy for the ligule controls penetrance of the semidominant Liguleless narrow-R mutation in Zea mays.
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 24 Oct 2014
Buescher Elizabeth M, Moon Jihyun, Runkel Anne, Hake Sarah, Dilkes Brian P
Abstract excerpt
Leaf architecture determines plant structural integrity, light harvesting, and economic considerations such as plant density. Ligules, junctions at the leaf sheath and blade in grasses, protect stalks from environmental stresses and, in conjunction with auricles, controls leaf angle. Previous studies in mutants have recessive liguleless mutants (lg1 and lg2) and dominant mutations in knotted1-like homeobox genes...
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