Table 1.

Cloned awnness genes in barley.

Gene Names	Kap1 (hooded lemma 1)	vrs1 (six-rowed spike 1)	lks2 (short awn 2)
Other Names	K, HvKnox3	lr, HvHox1	lk2, lk4, ari-d, ubs4
Awn Phenotype	Hooded lemma	Reduced lateral spikelet appendage (lr)	Short awn
Chromosome	4HS	2HL	7HL
Cloning Method	Homologous cloning	Positional cloning	Positional cloning
Mutation Types	Insertion in intron 4	Missense, nonsense, and splicing site changes	Missense mutation
Protein Length a	364 aa	222 aa	344 aa
Protein Type	KNOX family transcription factor	HD-ZIP family transcription factor	SRS family transcription factor
Orthologs	Rice OSH15 and maize KNOTTED-1	OsHox12 and OsHox14 in rice	Os06g0712600 in rice
References	[22,24]	[25,26]	[12,27]

^a aa, amino acid residues.