Heterochronic genes in plant evolution and development

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Geuten, Koen ^a   Coenen, Heleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

APETALA2; Ceratopteris; Choripetala; Heterochrony; Incomposita; MicroRNA156; MicroRNA172; SPL

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900840917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00381     Document Type: Article

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