Molecular signatures of apomictic and sexual ovules in the Boechera holboellii complex

Plant Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 870-882

  Sharbel, Timothy F ^a   Voigt, Marie Luise ^a   Corral, José María ^a   Thiel, Thomas ^a   Varshney, Alok ^a,d   Kumlehn, Jochen ^a   Vogel, Heiko ^b   Rotter, Björn ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^c GENXPRO GMBH   (Germany)

^d Dhirubhai Ambani Life Sciences Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Apomixis; Boechera; Gene duplication; Gene expression; Hybridization; Parent of origin effect

Indexed keywords

PLANT RNA;

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BIOLOGY; BRASSICACEAE; FLOWER; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENOME; POLYPLOIDY; UPREGULATION;

BRASSICACEAE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLOWERS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; GENOME, PLANT; MEIOSIS; POLYPLOIDY; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; RNA, PLANT; UP-REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; BOECHERA; BOECHERA DIVARICARPA; BOECHERA HOLBOELLII; BOECHERA STRICTA;

EID: 66249111492     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2009.03826.x     Document Type: Article

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