Molecular evolution and patterns of duplication in the SEP/AGL6-like lineage of the zingiberales: A proposed mechanism for floral diversification

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2401-2422

  Yockteng, Roxana ^a,b   Almeida, Ana M R ^a   Morioka, Kelsie ^a   Alvarez Buylla, Elena R ^a,c   Specht, Chelsea D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c Instituto de Ecología   (Mexico)

Author keywords

AGL6; Flower development; Gene duplication; Gene expression; LOFSEP; Musa; Plant evolution; SEP like; SEP3; SEPALLATA; Subfunctionalization; Zingiber; Zingiberales

Indexed keywords

PLANT RNA;

AGL6 GENE; ARTICLE; BALANCING SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLORAL WHORL; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; FLOWER MORPHOLOGY; GENE DOSAGE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LOFSEP GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; POSITIVE SELECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEP3 GENE; SEPALLATA GENE; STAMEN; ZINGIBERALES;

AGL6; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; LOFSEP; MUSA; PLANT EVOLUTION; SEP-LIKE; SEP3; SEPALLATA; SUBFUNCTIONALIZATION; ZINGIBER; ZINGIBERALES;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLOWERS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, PLANT; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; SELECTION, GENETIC; ZINGIBERALES;

EID: 84888610849     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mst137     Document Type: Article

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