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Changes in inflorescence protein during advanced stages of floret development in Buchloe dactyloides (Poaceae)

Y. - J. Zhou, Xue, J. - G., Wang, X. - G., and Zhang, X. - Q., Changes in inflorescence protein during advanced stages of floret development in Buchloe dactyloides (Poaceae), vol. 11, pp. 3923-3932, 2012.

Buffalograss, Buchloe dactyloides, is a dioecious species native to the Great Plains of North America. The florets at the early stages of development possess both gynoecium and androecium organ primordia but later become unisexual. Very little is known about the proteomic changes that occur when the florets change from hermaphroditism to unisexuality. We compared the protein composition of florets at the hermaphroditic stage with that at the unisexual stage. The development stage of the floret was determined by stereomicroscopic observation.

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