基因RAMOSA3影响玉米分枝并最终影响到其产量。当一个玉米植株有太多的枝条时，它将消耗更多的能量来制造这些枝条，而更少的能量来制造种子。更多的分支通常意味着收益率更低或更低。

Crop yield in maize influenced by unexpected gene 'moonlighting'

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190401171411.htm

1. Hannes Claeys, Son Lang Vi, Xiaosa Xu, Namiko Satoh-Nagasawa, Andrea L. Eveland, Alexander Goldshmidt, Regina Feil, Grace A. Beggs, Hajime Sakai, Richard G. Brennan, John E. Lunn, David Jackson. Control of meristem determinacy by trehalose 6-phosphate phosphatases is uncoupled from enzymatic activity. Nature Plants, 2019; DOI: 10.1038/s41477-019-0394-z