Gymnosperm B-sister genes may be involved in ovule/seed development and, in some species, in the growth of fleshy fruit-like structures

Annals of Botany

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 535-544

  Lovisetto, Alessandro ^a   Guzzo, Flavia ^b   Busatto, Nicola ^a   Casadoro, Giorgio ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c Botanic Garden of Padua   (Italy)

Author keywords

B sister gene; fruit growth; fruit like structure; Ginkgo biloba; MADS box genes; Taxus baccata

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DICOTYLEDON; FRUIT PRODUCTION; GENE; GYMNOSPERM; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PROPAGATION; TOBACCO;

ARTICLE; B-SISTER GENE; FRUIT GROWTH; FRUIT-LIKE STRUCTURE; GENETICS; GINKGO BILOBA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MADS-BOX GENES; OVULE; PLANT GENE; PLANT SEED; SEED DISPERSAL; TAXUS; TAXUS BACCATA; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

B-SISTER GENE; FRUIT GROWTH; FRUIT-LIKE STRUCTURE; GINKGO BILOBA; MADS-BOX GENES; TAXUS BACCATA;

GENES, PLANT; GINKGO BILOBA; OVULE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDS; TAXUS; TOBACCO;

EID: 84880901649     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct124     Document Type: Article

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