Bayesian reconstruction of ancestral expression of the LEA gene families reveals propagule-derived desiccation tolerance in resurrection plants

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 506-515

  Fisher, Kirsten M ^a  

^a NATIONAL EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancestral state; Angiosperms; Bayesian; Bryophytes; Desiccation tolerance; Late embryogenesis abundant protein

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DESICCATION; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOSS; PHYLOGENY; PROPAGULE; RECONSTRUCTION; TOLERANCE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CRATEROSTIGMA; CRATEROSTIGMA PLANTAGINEUM; EMBRYOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PHYSCOMITRELLA; SELAGINELLA PILIFERA; TORTULA RURALIS; XEROPHYTA; XEROPHYTA HUMILIS;

EID: 43049086325     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.95.4.506     Document Type: Article

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