Selaginella genome analysis - entering the "homoplasy heaven" of the MADS world

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 3, Issue SEP, 2012, Pages

  Gramzow, Lydia ^a   Barker, Elizabeth ^b   Schulz, Christian ^c   Ambrose, Barbara ^d   Ashton, Neil ^b   Theißen, Günter ^a   Litt, Amy ^d  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Floral homeotic genes; MADS box genes; Selaginella moellendorffii

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878256702     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2012.00214     Document Type: Article

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