Genetics of alternating sexes in walnuts | In walnuts, researchers found two variants of a gene linked to female-first or male-first flowering. This DNA polymorphism appears in at least nine species of walnut and has been stable for almost 40 million years.
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Genetics of alternating sexes in walnuts
The genetics behind the alternating sexes of walnut trees has been revealed by biologists at UCDavis. The research reveals a mechanism that has been stable in walnuts and their ancestors going back 40 million years — and which has some parallels to…
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