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Analysis of a rice fickle spikelet1 mutant that displays an increase in flower and spikelet organ number with inconstant expressivity.
Genes & genetic systems - 1 Jan 2015
Suzuki Chie, Tanaka Wakana, Hirano Hiro-Yuki
Abstract excerpt
In rice (Oryza sativa), floral organs develop in the spikelet, an inflorescence unit unique to grass species. The floral organs, such as carpels, stamens and lodicules, are enclosed by two spikelet organs, the palea and lemma. The number of floral organs is genetically regulated. Mutations in the FLORAL ORGAN NUMBER (FON) genes cause an increase in the number of carpels and stamens due to an enlargement of the...
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