Seasonal shift in timing of vernalization as an adaptation to extreme winter

The requirement for vernalization, a need for prolonged cold to trigger flowering, aligns reproductive development with favorable spring conditions. In Arabidopsis thaliana vernalization depends on the cold-induced epigenetic silencing of the floral repressor locus FLC. Extensive natural variation i...

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Published in:eLife
Main Authors: Susan Duncan, Svante Holm, Julia Questa, Judith Irwin, Alastair Grant, Caroline Dean
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2015-07-01
Subjects:
vernalization
epigenetic
adaptation
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/06620

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