Article
A genetic framework for floral patterning.
Nature - 8 Oct 1998
Parcy F, Nilsson O, Busch M A, Lee I, Weigel D
Abstract excerpt
The initial steps of flower development involve two classes of consecutively acting regulatory genes. Meristem-identity genes, which act early to control the initiation of flowers, are expressed throughout the incipient floral primordium. Homeotic genes, which act later to specify the identity of individual floral organs, are expressed in distinct domains within the flower. The link between the two classes of...
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