Table 1.
Variable nomenclature and characteristics of two vrn-A1 alleles in different studies. Nucleotide and amino acid residue numbers are relative to ‘Jagger’ VRN-A1 coding sequence and VRN-A1 protein
|
vrn- A1 Allele |
Chen et al. 2009 | Eagles et al. 2011 | Exon 4 SNP, Nucleotide 349 |
Amino acid 117 |
Vernalization requirement |
Copy number in the winter panel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V |
vrn- A1a |
Jagger (J) | C | L | Shorter | Seven out of eight varieties < 3 copies |
| W |
vrn- A1b |
Wichita (K) |
C/T | L/F | Longer | 53 out of 58 varieties = 3 copies |