Control of flower size

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1427-1437

  Krizek, Beth A ^a   Anderson, Jill T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; floral evolution; floral organ growth; flower size; natural variation; selection.

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR 8, ARABIDOPSIS; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; FLOWER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT CELL; PLANT GENE; POLLINATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; REVIEW; SELF FERTILIZATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLOWERS; GENES, PLANT; PHENOTYPE; PLANT CELLS; POLLINATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SELECTION, GENETIC; SELF-FERTILIZATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84876043801     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert025     Document Type: Review

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