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The Genetic and Biochemical Mechanisms Underlying Cereal Seed Dormancy

Sasa Jing¹, Yuan Tian¹, Heng Zhang², John T. Hancock³, Ying Zhu^2,*, Ping Li^1,*

1 Shanghai Key Laboratory of Bio-Energy Crops, Research Center for Natural Products, Plant Science Center, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China
2 State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Treats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Research Center for Crop Molecular Breeding at Zhejiang Province, Institute of Virology and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Science, Hangzhou, 310021, China
3 Department of Applied Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, BS16 1QY, UK

* Corresponding Authors: Ying Zhu. Email: ; Ping Li. Email: