One size fits all? Molecular evidence for a commonly inherited petal identity program in Ranunculales

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 96-109

  Rasmussen, David A ^a,b   Kramer, Elena M ^a,c   Zimmer, Elizabeth A ^a,d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Smithsonian Institution ^*  (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

APETALA3; MADS box genes; Petal evolution; PISTILLATA; Ranunculales

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERITABILITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BERBERIDACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PAPAVERACEAE; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULALES;

EID: 60249102158     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0800038     Document Type: Article

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