Flower Development: Origin of the cauliflower
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چکیده
A mutant gene that is responsible for generating cauliflower-like heads in the model laboratory plant Arabidopsis has been cloned, and the same gene has been shown to be mutant in edible cauliflowers.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Current Biology
دوره 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1995