“…In pea, several floral and leaf homeotic genes have been characterized (Domoney et al, 2006), but COCHLEATA (COCH) remains unidentified. Among the pea mutants, coch represents an interesting case because several organ identities, including nodule identity (Voroshilova et al, 2003;Ferguson and Reid, 2005), are modified by the coch mutation (Marx, 1987;Yaxley et al, 2001). Here, we report the isolation and molecular characterization of the NODULE ROOT (NOOT) and COCH genes from M. truncatula and pea, respectively.…”