Article
Origin of floral asymmetry in Antirrhinum.
Nature - 31 Oct 1996
Luo D, Carpenter R, Vincent C, Copsey L, Coen E
Abstract excerpt
Dorsoventral asymmetry in flowers is thought to have evolved many times from a radially symmetrical ancestral condition. The first gene controlling floral asymmetry, cycloidea in Antirrhinum, has been isolated. The cycloidea gene is expressed at a very early stage in dorsal regions of floral meri...
Topics
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- DNA, Plant
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Plant Proteins
- Plants
- Transcription Factors