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Diversification of the monoterpene synthase gene family (TPSb) in Protium, a highly diverse genus of tropical trees.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Sept 2013
Zapata Felipe, Fine Paul V A
Abstract excerpt
Plant monoterpenes are a diverse class of secondary metabolites mediating biotic and abiotic interactions with direct effects on plant fitness. To evaluate the hypothesis that monoterpene diversity is related to functional diversification after gene duplication, we reconstructed the evolutionary history of monoterpene synthases (TPSb)--the genes underlying monoterpene synthesis--in Protium, a taxonomically and...
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