Tracking the evolution of a cold stress associated gene family in cold tolerant grasses
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Grasses are adapted to a wide range of climatic conditions. Species of the subfamily Pooideae, which includes wheat, barley and important forage grasses, have evolved extreme frost tolerance. A class of ice binding proteins that inhi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2008-09-01
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Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/8/245 |