Duplication and Diversification in the APETALA1/FRUITFULL Floral Homeotic Gene Lineage: Implications for the Evolution of Floral Development

Genetics

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 821-833

  Litt, Amy ^a   Irish, Vivian F ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; APETALA1 GENE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; FRUITFULL GENE; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMEOBOX; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLOWERS; GENE DUPLICATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANTIRRHINUM; ARABIDOPSIS; CORE EUDICOTS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0242381269     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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