The preferential retention of starch synthesis genes reveals the impact of whole-genome duplication on grass evolution

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1003-1006

  Wu, Yufeng ^a   Zhu, Zhengge ^b   Ma, Ligeng ^c   Chen, Mingsheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Genome duplication; Genome evolution

Indexed keywords

STARCH; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DIPLOIDY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOSS; GENOME ANALYSIS; GRASS; NONHUMAN; RICE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; DUPLICATE GENE; GENE; GENETICS; LETTER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; POLYPLOIDY;

ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENES, DUPLICATE; GENES, PLANT; ORYZA SATIVA; PHYLOGENY; POLYPLOIDY; STARCH;

EID: 44649166423     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn052     Document Type: Article

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