Patterns of Gene Duplication and Functional Evolution during the Diversification of the AGAMOUS Subfamily of MADS Box Genes in Angiosperms

Genetics

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1011-1023

  Kramer, Elena M ^a   Jaramillo, M Alejandra ^a   Di Stilio, Verónica S ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS AGAMOUS PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN;

AGAMOUS GENE; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENITAL SYSTEM; GYMNOSPERM; MADS BOX GENE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOSPERMS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY;

ANTIRRHINUM; ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 1642305995     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.166.2.1011     Document Type: Article

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