MADS-box gene expression and implications for developmental origins of the grass spikelet

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1419-1429

  Preston, Jill C ^a   Christensen, Ashley ^b   Malcomber, Simon T ^a,b   Kellogg, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glumes; Grass spikelet; Joinvillea ascendens; Monocot flower; Poaceae; Streptochaeta angustifolia

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; DIVERGENCE; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION; GRASS; HOMOLOGY; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MONOCOTYLEDON;

JOINVILLEA ASCENDENS; LILIOPSIDA; POACEAE; STREPTOCHAETA ANGUSTIFOLIA;

EID: 69249216559     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0900062     Document Type: Article

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