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Robustness and evolvability in the B-system of flower development.
Annals of botany - 1 Jun 2011
Geuten K, Viaene T, Irish V F
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BACKGROUND: Gene duplication has often been invoked as a key mechanism responsible for evolution of new morphologies. The floral homeotic B-group gene family has undergone a number of gene duplication events, and yet the functions of these genes appear to be largely conserved. However, detailed comparative analysis has indicated that such duplicate genes have considerable cryptic variability in their functions....
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