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Floral induction and monocarpic versus polycarpic life histories
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Correspondence: Richard Amasino amasino@biochem.wisc.edu
Department of Biocemistry, University of Wisconsin, Babcock Drive, Madison, WI 53706-1544, USA
Genome Biology 2009, 10:228 doi:10.1186/gb-2009-10-7-228
Published: 2 July 2009Abstract
Recent work in Arabis alpina, a perennial relative of Arabidopsis, has uncovered subtle differences in control of a gene that represses flowering which contributes to the polycarpic habit.