A double-flowered variety of lesser periwinkle (Vinca minor fl. pl.) that has persisted in the wild for more than 160 years

Annals of Botany

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1445-1452

  Wang, Yong Qiang ^a,b   Melzer, Rainer ^a   Theißen, Gnter ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Double flowered variety; homeosis; lesser periwinkle; macroevolution; Vinca minor fl. pl

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

CLADISTICS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; FLOWER; HERB; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MERISTICS; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS; WILD POPULATION;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERMANY; HISTOLOGY; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; VINCA;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GERMANY; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; VINCA;

GERMANY; JENA; THURINGIA;

CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; VINCA; VINCA MINOR;

EID: 79958854705     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr090     Document Type: Article

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