Tracking the evolution of a cold stress associated gene family in cold tolerant grasses

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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Main Authors: Asp Torben, Rudi Heidi, Sandve Simen R, Rognli Odd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-09-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/8/245

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