Lessons from flower colour evolution on targets of selection

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 5741-5749

  Wessinger, Carolyn A ^a   Rausher, Mark D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive evolution; adaptive mutation; anthocyanins; flower colour; pleiotropy

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

EVOLUTION; FLOWER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PIGMENTATION; PLANT; REVIEW;

ANTHOCYANINS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FLOWERS; PIGMENTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84867500144     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers267     Document Type: Review

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