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Flower development and evolution: gene duplication, diversification and redeployment.
Current opinion in genetics & development - 1 Aug 2005
Irish Vivian F, Litt Amy
Abstract excerpt
Gene duplication and diversification can provide the raw material for the evolution of new morphologies. In plants, the numbers of MADS-box genes have multiplied considerably, resulting in a plethora of these transcriptional regulators in the angiosperms (flowering plants). MADS-box genes have been implicated in the regulation of a variety of flower developmental processes; therefore, understanding the functional...
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