Tracing the evolution of the floral homeotic B-and C-function genes through genome synteny

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2651-2664

  Causier, Barry ^a   Castillo, Rosa ^b   Xue, Yongbiao ^c   Schwarz Sommer, Zsuzsanna ^b   Davies, Brendan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

B function; C function; comparative genomics; evolution; synteny

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; FLOWER; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAPAYA; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLANT GENE; REGULATOR GENE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYNTENY;

ANTIRRHINUM; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLOWERS; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC LOCI; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; SYNTENY;

ANTIRRHINUM; ARABIDOPSIS; CARICA PAPAYA; DICOTYLEDONEAE; LILIOPSIDA;

EID: 77958115727     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq156     Document Type: Article

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