Table 2.
Isolation and analysis of the ten candidate genes. PEBP, phosphatidylethanolamine-binding protein.
| Gene Name | Length (bp) |
Pathways | Domain | Similarity with Ortholog in Poaceae |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DlAP1 | 228 | Floral meristem identity genes | MADS-box | MADS 14 (Oryza sativa) (99%) |
| DlTFL1 | 249 | Floral meristem identity genes | Phosphatidylethanolamine-binding protein | TFL1 (Bambusa oldhamii) (98%) |
| DlRFL | 137 | Floral meristem identity genes | FLO/LFY protein | RFL (Oryza sativa) (97%) |
| DlFT | 150 | Photoperiod pathway | PEBP | FT (Triticum aestivum) (98%) |
| DlID1 | 74 | Photoperiod pathway | C2H2 | Ehd2 (Oryza sativa Japonica group) (100%) |
| DlFCA | 112 | Autonomous pathway | FCA-like protein | FCA (Triticum aestivum) (84.4%) |
| DlMADS1 | 92 | Other flower gene | MADS-box | MADS (Phyllostachys praecox) (100%) |
| DlMADS2 | 130 | Other flower gene | MADS-box | MADS (Zea mays) (80%) |
| DlSPL9 | 86 | Other flower gene | SBP domain transcription factor | SPL9 (Setaria italic) (86%) |
| DlEMF2 | 200 | Other flower gene | VEFS-box of polycomb protein | EMF2 (Setaria italic) (98%) |