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Comparisons of pollen coat genes across Brassicaceae species reveal rapid evolution by repeat expansion and diversification.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 2 Mar 2004
Fiebig Aretha, Kimport Rebecca, Preuss Daphne
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Reproductive genes and traits evolve rapidly in many organisms, including mollusks, algae, and primates. Previously we demonstrated that a family of glycine-rich pollen surface proteins (GRPs) from Arabidopsis thaliana and Brassica oleracea had diverged substantially, making identification of hom...
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