Exaptation of ancestral cell-identity networks enables C4 photosynthesis
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“Exaptation of ancestral cell-identity networks enables C4 photosynthesis”
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C4 photosynthesis · C3 photosynthesis · bundle-sheath cells · cell-identity networks · Cis-regulatory element · DOF transcription factors · DOF transcription factors · single-nucleus gene-expression atlases · chromatin-accessibility atlases · photosynthesis gene rewiring · CO2 compartmentalization · rice · sorghum · ancestral cis-code · transcription factor patterning · exaptation · C4 engineering in C3 crops
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