Genetic changes associated with floral adaptation restrict future evolutionary potential

Nature

Volumn 428, Issue 6985, 2004, Pages 847-850

  Zufall, Rebecca A ^a,b   Rausher, Mark D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

EVOLUTIONARY CHANGES; GENETIC CHANGES;

BIODIVERSITY;

ANTHOCYANIN;

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLORA; GENETIC VARIATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTHOCYANINS; BASE SEQUENCE; COLOR; EVOLUTION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; IPOMOEA; PHYLOGENY;

IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA QUAMOCLIT;

EID: 1942467024     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02489     Document Type: Article

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