Robustness and evolvability in the B-system of flower development

Annals of Botany

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1545-1556

  Geuten, K ^a   Viaene, T ^a   Irish, V F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

B function; evolvability; flower development; mathematical modelling; Robustness

Indexed keywords

MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DICOTYLEDON; GENE EXPRESSION; MORPHOGENESIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROTEIN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; FLOWER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMEOBOX; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOLANACEAE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLOWERS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, PLANT; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; SOLANACEAE;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SOLANACEAE;

EID: 79958782576     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr061     Document Type: Review

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