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A gene fusion at a homeobox locus: alterations in leaf shape and implications for morphological evolution.
The Plant cell - 1 Aug 1997
Chen J J, Janssen B J, Williams A, Sinha N
Abstract excerpt
Compound leaves are seen in many angiosperm genera and are thought to be either fundamentally different from simple leaves or elaborations of simple leaves. The knotted1-like homeobox (knox) genes are known to regulate plant development. When overexpressed in homologous or heterologous species, this family of genes can cause changes in leaf morphology, including excessive leaf compounding in tomato. We describe...
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