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SUBMITTER: Graeber K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4151772 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Graeber Kai K Linkies Ada A Steinbrecher Tina T Mummenhoff Klaus K Tarkowská Danuše D Turečková Veronika V Ignatz Michael M Sperber Katja K Voegele Antje A de Jong Hans H Urbanová Terezie T Strnad Miroslav M Leubner-Metzger Gerhard G
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20140811 34
Seed germination is an important life-cycle transition because it determines subsequent plant survival and reproductive success. To detect optimal spatiotemporal conditions for germination, seeds act as sophisticated environmental sensors integrating information such as ambient temperature. Here we show that the delay of germination 1 (DOG1) gene, known for providing dormancy adaptation to distinct environments, determines the optimal temperature for seed germination. By reciprocal gene-swapping ...[more]