Evolution: Replicated mutation of COL2 contributed long-day flowering in common bean.

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The ability to flower without strict daylength constraints has helped spread cultivation of crop plants to new locations. The generation of daylength-insensitive common bean accessions in central and South America involved the repeated selection of mutant alleles for a key transcription factor that suppresses long-day flowering.

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