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Loss of a highly conserved sterile alpha motif domain gene (WEEP) results in pendulous branch growth in peach trees.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 15 May 2018
Hollender Courtney A, Pascal Thierry, Tabb Amy, Hadiarto Toto, Srinivasan Chinnathambi, Wang Wanpeng, Liu Zhongchi, Scorza Ralph, Dardick Chris
Abstract excerpt
Plant shoots typically grow upward in opposition to the pull of gravity. However, exceptions exist throughout the plant kingdom. Most conspicuous are trees with weeping or pendulous branches. While such trees have long been cultivated and appreciated for their ornamental value, the molecular basis behind the weeping habit is not known. Here, we characterized a weeping tree phenotype in Prunus persica (peach) and...
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