Article
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...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Amino Acids
- Down-Regulation
- Gene Duplication
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Gene Silencing
- Genes, Homeobox
- Genes, Plant
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Organ Specificity
- Ovule
