An epigenetic mutation responsible for natural variation in floral symmetry

Nature

Volumn 401, Issue 6749, 1999, Pages 157-161

  Cubas, Pilar ^a,b   Vincent, Coral ^a   Coen, Enrico ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREEDING; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOSPERMS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLANT COMPONENTS; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

ANTIRRHINUM; LINARIA VULGARIS;

EID: 0033539183     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/43657     Document Type: Article

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