Trends in flower symmetry evolution revealed through phylogenetic and developmental genetic advances

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1648, 2014, Pages

  Hileman, Lena C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Character evolution; CYCLOIDEA; Evolution of development; Flower symmetry; Parallel evolution

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT; DIVERGENCE; FLORAL TRAIT; GENOMICS; PARALLEL EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENETICS; SYMMETRY; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84902971876     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0348     Document Type: Review

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