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Thanks! It certainly seems that a common theme is structural DNA variation affecting allele-specific regulation of flowering genes to regulate timing. In this case, we don't find evidence that the mechanism directly involves the 3' UTR

updated link to their preprint www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Grateful for the support from co-authors including Gracie Ackerman (UCD undergrad), PhD advisor @gcbias.bsky.social , M Wenzel of Sonoma Bot Garden, and USDA Wolfskill germplasm collection

We discuss the implications of our findings for evolution of heterodichogamy, and turnover vs stability of the genetic systems that control it.

Heterodichogamy in Cyclocarya involves a distinct pair of alleles at GFAFL with a reversed direction of dominance. The alleles are specialized in unisexual flowers and expr again implies a trans interaction. Parallel genomic structure to the Pterocarya locus suggests a similar mechanism in both