Article
Resistance gene evolution.
Current opinion in plant biology - 1 Aug 1998
Ronald P C
Abstract excerpt
Plant resistance genes are highly polymorphic and have diverse recognition specificities. These genes often occur as members of clustered gene families that have evolved through duplication and diversification. Regions of nucleotides conserved between family members and flanking sequences facilitate equal or unequal recombination events. Transposition contributes to allelic diversity. Resistance gene clusters...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Evolution, Molecular
- Gene Duplication
- Genes, Plant
- Mutation
- Plants
- Recombination, Genetic
