?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F197%2F&rft.title=Network+properties+underlying+seed+germination+control&rft.creator=Penfield%2C+Steven&rft.creator=Fozard%2C+John&rft.subject=None%2FOther&rft.description=We+sought+to+gain+a+mechanistic+understanding+of+the+control+of+seed+dormancy+and+germination+by+hormone+balance.+The+field+has+matured+to+a+stage+where+most+of+the+key+genes+are+known%2C+and+competing+hypotheses+have+been+proposed+to+explain+how+hormone+balance+works+in+seeds.+During+the+meeting+we+simplified+a+more+complex+model+of+seed+germination+(Figure+1)%2C+reducing+it+to+a+tractable+network.+We+then+showed+that+if+considered+as+a+set+of+competing+protein+complexes+the+network+took+on+the+properties+of+a+switch.+Results+from+two+models+of+the+reduced+network%2C+which+incorporated+the+biological+switching+phenomena%2C+were+found+to+be+in+good+agreement+with+both+wild+and+mutant+phenotypic+data.+Our+models+made+the+novel+prediction+that+one+complex+in+particular+was+key+to+promoting+germination%2C+and+this+prediction+can+now%0Abe+tested+in+the+laboratory.&rft.date=2007-12&rft.type=Study+Group+Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F197%2F1%2Freport1.pdf&rft.identifier=++Penfield%2C+Steven+and+Fozard%2C+John++(2007)+Network+properties+underlying+seed+germination+control.++%5BStudy+Group+Report%5D+++++