Functional evolution in the plant SQUAMOSA-PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN-LIKE (SPL) gene family

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue APR, 2013, Pages

  Preston, Jill C ^a   Hileman, Lena C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Branching architecture; Developmental transitions; Flowering time; Gene duplication; Phase change; SPL genes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893492962     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00080     Document Type: Review

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