Article
Expression of floral MADS-box genes in basal angiosperms: implications for the evolution of floral regulators.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Sept 2005
Kim Sangtae, Koh Jin, Yoo Mi-Jeong, Kong Hongzhi, Hu Yi, Ma Hong, Soltis Pamela S, Soltis Douglas E
Abstract excerpt
The ABC model of floral organ identity is based on studies of Arabidopsis and Antirrhinum, both of which are highly derived eudicots. Most of the genes required for the ABC functions in Arabidopsis and Antirrhinum are members of the MADS-box gene family, and their orthologs are present in all major angiosperm lineages. Although the eudicots comprise 75% of all angiosperms, most of the diversity in arrangement and...
Topics
- Evolution, Molecular
- Flowers
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Genetic Variation
- MADS Domain Proteins
- Magnoliopsida
- Phylogeny
- Plant Proteins