Divergent genetic mechanisms underlie reversals to radial floral symmetry from diverse zygomorphic flowered ancestors

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue AUG, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Wenheng ^a,b   Steinmann, Victor W ^c   Nikolov, Lachezar ^a   Kramer, Elena M ^a   Davis, Charles C ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Instituto de Ecologia   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cyc2 like genes; Development; Floral symmetry; Malpighiaceae; Reversals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893457559     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00302     Document Type: Article

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