Article
Clusters of resistance genes in plants evolve by divergent selection and a birth-and-death process.
Genome research - 1 Nov 1998
Michelmore R W, Meyers B C
Abstract excerpt
Classical genetic and molecular data show that genes determining disease resistance in plants are frequently clustered in the genome. Genes for resistance (R genes) to diverse pathogens cloned from several species encode proteins that have motifs in common. These motifs indicate that R genes are...
Topics
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genetic Variation
- Genome, Plant
- Models, Genetic
- Multigene Family
- Plant Diseases
- Plants