SUBFUNCTIONALISATION AND SELF-REPRESSION OF DUPLICATED E1 HOMOLOGUES FINETUNES SOYBEAN FLOWERING AND ADAPTATION

Subfunctionalisation and self-repression of duplicated E1 homologues finetunes soybean flowering and adaptation

Abstract Soybean click here is a photoperiod-sensitive staple crop.Its photoperiodic flowering has major consequences for latitudinal adaptation and grain yield.Here, we identify and characterise a flowering locus named Time of flower 4b (Tof4b), which encodes E1-Like b (E1Lb), a homologue of the key soybean floral repressor E1.Tof4b protein physic

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Does the Type of Temporary Housing Make a Difference in Social Participation and Health for Evacuees of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami? A Cross-Sectional Study

Background: Although the majority of survivors of the huge Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami evacuated to two types of temporary housings, prefabricated housing and rented housing, health effects of these different environments were unclear.We examined whether prevalent social participation in prefabricated housing brought larger health benef

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Publishing studies: the search for an elusive academic object

This paper questions the validity of the so-called “publishing studies” as an academic discipline, while trying to situate them within the field of social sciences and to contextualize their success.It argues that a more appropriate frame could be adopted to describe what people studying the transformations of book publishing do – or should d

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