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The mystery behind flowering

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The concepts of photoperiodic induction, hormonal regulation and florigens used to form the basis of our knowledge of flowering. Consequent upon the advancement of technology, our present day understanding suggests that a number of events like switching on of a cascade of genes, and the subsequent activation of MADS box genes, result in the activation of the the genes responsible for flowering in angiosperms.

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  1. Department of Botany, Bose Institute, 93/1 APC Road, 700009, Kolkata, India

    Siraj Datta

  2. Plant Molecular and Cellular Genetics Section, Bose Institute, P1/ 12 CIT Scheme Vll-M, 700054, Kolkata, India

    Malay Das

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Datta, S., Das, M. The mystery behind flowering. Reson 7, 42–47 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02834528

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