Publications by authors named "Xi L Hou"
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates how insights from the flowering time genes in Arabidopsis can be applied to Brassica rapa, a relative with a more complex genome due to genome fractionation.
- It explores whether this genome fractionation affects the retention of flowering time (Ft) genes and finds that these genes are indeed preferentially kept, raising questions about their functions compared to those in Arabidopsis.
- Using a genetical-genomics approach, the research identifies specific flowering quantitative trait loci (QTLs) and expression QTLs (eQTLs) related to the BrFLC2 gene, concluding that BrFLC2 is a key regulator of flowering time in the studied population.
