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Evolutionary Co-Option of Floral Meristem Identity Genes for Patterning of the Flower-Like Asteraceae Inflorescence.
Plant physiology - 1 Sept 2016
Zhao Yafei, Zhang Teng, Broholm Suvi K, Tähtiharju Sari, Mouhu Katriina, Albert Victor A, Teeri Teemu H, Elomaa Paula
Abstract excerpt
The evolutionary success of Asteraceae, the largest family of flowering plants, has been attributed to the unique inflorescence architecture of the family, which superficially resembles an individual flower. Here, we show that Asteraceae inflorescences (flower heads, or capitula) resemble solitary flowers not only morphologically but also at the molecular level. By conducting functional analyses for orthologs of...
Topics
- Asteraceae
- Evolution, Molecular
- Flowers
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Genes, Plant
- In Situ Hybridization
- Inflorescence
- Meristem
- Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
- Mutation
- Plant Proteins
- Plants, Genetically Modified