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LATERAL FLORET 1 induced the three-florets spikelet in rice.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 12 Sept 2017
Zhang Ting, Li Yunfeng, Ma Ling, Sang Xianchun, Ling Yinghua, Wang Yantong, Yu Peng, Zhuang Hui, Huang Junyang, Wang Nan, Zhao Fangming, Zhang Changwei, Yang Zhenglin, Fang Likui, He Guanghua
Abstract excerpt
The spikelet is a unique inflorescence structure in grass. The molecular mechanisms behind the development and evolution of the spikelet are far from clear. In this study, a dominant rice mutant, lateral florets 1 (lf1), was characterized. In the lf1 spikelet, lateral floral meristems were promoted unexpectedly and could generally blossom into relatively normal florets. LF1 encoded a class III homeodomain-leucine...
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