Gene and genome duplications and the origin of C4 photosynthesis: Birth of a trait in the Cleomaceae

Current Plant Biology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages 2-9

  van den Bergh, Erik ^a   Külahoglu, Canan ^b   Bräutigam, Andrea ^b   Hibberd, Julian M ^c   Weber, Andreas P M ^b   Zhu, Xin Guang ^d   Schranz, M Eric ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Brassicaceae; C4 photosynthesis; Cleomaceae; Paleopolyploidy; Plant genome evolution; Synteny; Whole genome duplication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919420599     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22146628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpb.2014.08.001     Document Type: Article

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