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quantitative trait loci; controlling vernalization requirement;
arabidopsis-thaliana; duplicate genes; evolution; napus;
oleracea; constans; protein; expression
Abstract:
Functional genetic redundancy is widespread in plants and could have an important impact on phenotypic diversity if the multiple gene copies act in an additive or dosage-dependent manner. We have cloned four Brassica rapa homologs (BrFLC) of the MADS-bo