The evolution of floral homeotic gene function

BioEssays

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 637-646

  Irish, Vivian F ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN MADS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOSPERM; FLOWERING; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMEOBOX; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PLANT OVARY; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLOWERS; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, PLANT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0038505670     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.10292     Document Type: Review

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