Molecular control of normal and acrocona mutant seed cone development in Norway spruce (Picea abies) and the evolution of conifer ovule-bearing organs

New Phytologist

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 261-275

  Carlsbecker, Annelie ^a   Sundström, Jens F ^b   Englund, Marie ^a   Uddenberg, Daniel ^b   Izquierdo, Liz ^a   Kvarnheden, Anders ^a,b   Vergara Silva, Francisco ^c   Engström, Peter ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Conifer reproductive development; LEAFY genes; MADS box genes; Ovule; Ovuliferous scale; Picea abies var. acrocona

Indexed keywords

BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTATION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEED; SHOOT;

CONIFEROPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PICEA ABIES; SPERMATOPHYTA;

MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONIFER; CONIFER REPRODUCTIVE DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEAFY GENES; MADS-BOX GENES; MUTATION; OVULE; OVULIFEROUS SCALE; PICEA ABIES VAR. ACROCONA; PLANT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENE; PLANT ORGANOGENESIS; PLANT SEED; PLANT STRUCTURES; REPRODUCTION; SPRUCE;

CONIFER REPRODUCTIVE DEVELOPMENT; LEAFY GENES; MADS-BOX GENES; OVULE; OVULIFEROUS SCALE; PICEA ABIES VAR. ACROCONA;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CONIFEROPHYTA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MUTATION; ORGANOGENESIS, PLANT; OVULE; PICEA; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANT STRUCTURES; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS;

EID: 84883051025     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12360     Document Type: Article

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