Patterns and consequences of subgenome differentiation provide insights into the nature of paleopolyploidy in plants

Plant Cell

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 2974-2994

  Zhao, Meixia ^a   Zhang, Biao ^a   Lisch, Damon ^a   Ma, Jianxin ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

CENTROMERE; DNA METHYLATION; DUPLICATE GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PALEONTOLOGY; PHASEOLUS; PLANT; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENOME; POLYPLOIDY; RETROPOSON; SOYBEAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYNTENY; TRANSPOSON;

CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; DNA METHYLATION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENES, DUPLICATE; GENES, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; PALEONTOLOGY; PHASEOLUS; PLANTS; POLYPLOIDY; RETROELEMENTS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SELECTION, GENETIC; SOYBEANS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYNTENY; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85040513475     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.17.00595     Document Type: Article

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