Vernalization in cereals

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  • Elizabeth S Dennis
  • W James Peacock
چکیده

How vernalization - exposure to a period of cold - induces flowering in Arabidopsis has been intensively investigated at the genetic and moleular levels. Recent papers, including one in BMC Plant Biology, shed light on changes in gene regulation that occur on vernalization in cereals.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of Biology

دوره 8  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2009