Inception of maleness: Auxin contribution to flower masculinization in the dioecious cactus Opuntia stenopetala

Planta

Volumn 236, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 225-238

  Orozco Arroyo, Gregorio ^a   Vázquez Santana, Sonia ^a   Camacho, Aldebaran ^a   Dubrovsky, Joseph G ^b   Cruz García, Felipe ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Auxin; Dioecy; Floral development; Gynoecium development; Reproductive biology; Unisexuality

Indexed keywords

INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERMAPHRODITIC SPECIES; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; OPUNTIA; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARABIDOPSIS; FLOWERS; HERMAPHRODITIC ORGANISMS; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; MORPHOGENESIS; OPUNTIA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CACTACEAE; OPUNTIA;

EID: 84862890200     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-012-1602-5     Document Type: Article

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