Ancient gene duplication gave grasses multiple ways to wait out winter

Tuesday, January 8, 2019 - 19:00 in Biology & Nature

New research shows how grasses count the short days of winter to prepare for flowering. The findings provide valuable insight into how winter-adapted grasses gain the ability to flower in spring, which could be helpful for improving crops, like winter wheat, that rely on this process.

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