Encodes a protein with similarity to VRN5 and VIN3.Contains both a fibronectin III and PHD finger domain. VEL1 is a part of a polycomb repressive complex (PRC2) that is involved in epigenetic silencing of the FLC flowering locus.;Encodes a vernalisation insensitive 3‐like protein, a possible component of the PRC2 complex mediating H3K27me3 in target genes