A florigen paralog is required for short-day vernalization in a pooid grass
D. Woods, Y. Dong, F. Bouche, R. Bednarek, M. Rowe, T. Ream, R. Amasino
The paper identifies FTL9 as a gene required for short-day vernalization in Brachypodium distachyon, showing natural variation in this trait is due to allelic differences in FTL9.
bioRxiv · Sep 27, 2018Plant Biology