Evolution of fruit development genes in flowering plants

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue JUN, 2014, Pages

  Pabón Mora, Natalia ^a,b   Wong, Gane Ka Shu ^c,d   Ambrose, Barbara A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^b NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d BGI SHENZHEN   (China)

Author keywords

AGAMOUS; Fruit development; FRUITFULL; INDEHISCENT; REPLUMLESS; SHATTERPROOF; SPATULA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903745962     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00300     Document Type: Article

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