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Seasonal Regulation of Petal Number.
Plant physiology - 1 Oct 2017
McKim Sarah M, Routier-Kierzkowska Anne-Lise, Monniaux Marie, Kierzkowski Daniel, Pieper Bjorn, Smith Richard S, Tsiantis Miltos, Hay Angela
Abstract excerpt
Four petals characterize the flowers of most species in the Brassicaceae family, and this phenotype is generally robust to genetic and environmental variation. A variable petal number distinguishes the flowers of Cardamine hirsuta from those of its close relative Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), and allelic variation at many loci contribute to this trait. However, it is less clear whether C. hirsuta petal...
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