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Sub-functionalization to ovule development following duplication of a floral organ identity gene.
Developmental biology - 1 Sept 2015
Galimba Kelsey D, Di Stilio Verónica S
Abstract excerpt
Gene duplications result in paralogs that may be maintained due to the gain of novel functions (neo-functionalization) or the partitioning of ancestral function (sub-functionalization). Plant genomes are especially prone to duplication; paralogs are particularly widespread in the floral MADS box transcription factors that control organ identity through the ABC model of flower development. C class genes establish...
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