GeneticsbioRxivPreprint
ZmCOL3, a CCT-domain containing gene affects maize adaptation as a repressor and upstream of ZmCCT
Minliang Jin, Xiangguo Liu, Wei Qiang Jia…·Jianbing Yan
The paper identifies ZmCOL3 as a flowering time repressor in maize that delays flowering by transactivating ZmCCT or interfering with the circadian clock, contributing to adaptation from tropical to temperate regions.
DOI 10.1101/205237