Molecular population genetics of floral homeotic loci: Departures from the equilibrium-neutral model at the APETALA3 and PISTILLATA genes of Arabidopsis thaliana

Genetics

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 839-848

  Purugganan, Michael D ^a   Suddith, Jane I ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOMEOBOX; INBREEDING; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE;

ALLELES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENES, PLANT; GENETICS, POPULATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0032912347     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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