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A mutation in theCENTRORADIALIS (CEN) gene ofAntirrhinum and in theTERMINAL FLOWER 1 (TFL1) gene ofArabidopsis causes their indeterminate inflorescence to determinate. We clonedCEN/TFL1 homologs fromNicotiana tabacum, the wild-type of which has a determinate inflorescence. TheCEN gene was expressed in the inflorescnece meristem and kept its inflorescence meristem identity, whereas the tobacco homolog (NCH) was expressed at a low level throughout the plant’s development. AlthoughCEN andNCH are highly homologous genes, they may have been recruited to different developmental functions during their evolution. TwoNCH genes are derived from amphidiploidN. tabacum, but both of them hybridized with its diploid parents,N. sylvestris andN. tomentosiformis. Southern blotting, and the genomic organization ofTFL1 inArabidopsis revealed that anotherCEN homolog exists in the genome ofArabidopsis. These results suggest that there are two copies of theCEN homolog per diploid plant.
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Kato, H., Honma, T. & Goto, K. CENTRORADIALIS/TERMINAL FLOWER 1 gene homolog is conserved inN. tabacum, a determinate inflorescence plant. J. Plant Res. 111, 289–294 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02512186
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