Two recent studies revealed the genetic architecture of the long fascinating heterostyly in Primula and that the absence of a CYPT gene determines the long style morph.
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McClure, B. Reproduction: The genetic basis of heterostyly. Nature Plants 2, 16184 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nplants.2016.184
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