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Elusive flowering signal pruned of mystery at last

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The mystery behind the science report about the discovery of florigen, a long-sought compound with the power to make flowers bloom is reviewed. The report claimed that the RNA produced by a gene called Flowering Locus T, or FT caused the bloom, but new data report suggest that the protein causes the phenomenon produced by the FT gene and not FT RNA.

Author: Ledford, Heidi
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
Plants, Flowering of, Plant flowering, Plant proteins, Plant pigments

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'Monogamous' vole in love-rat shock

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The ideal relationship and the formation of lifelong partnerships by the rodents, prairie-vole couples are discussed. The males of the specie are found to raise the children, where as the females are mostly involved in building the nest.

Author: Ledford, Heidi
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2008
Sexual behavior, Environmental aspects, Nest building, Vasopressin, Vasopressins, Prairie vole

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