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Experiencing winter for spring flowering: A molecular epigenetic perspective on vernalization

Xiao Luo1, Yuehui He1

  • 1National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics & Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201602, China.

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology
|December 13, 2019
PubMed
Summary

Vernalization allows overwintering plants to flower in spring. This review details molecular mechanisms in Arabidopsis and temperate grasses like wheat, highlighting pathway evolution and divergence.

Keywords:
ArabidopsisFLOWERING LOCUS Cchromatin modificationepigenetic reprogrammingepigeneticsflowering timevernalizationwheat

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