Search for dissertations about: "Cryptomeria"

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2. 1. Functional Diversification among MADS-Box Genes and the Evolution of Conifer Seed Cone Development

   Author : Erika Groth; Peter Engström; Karolina Tandre; Tom Gerats; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; conifer; seed cone; evo-devo; morphology; plant development; plant evolution; gene family; gene evolution; AGAMOUS; MADS-box; transcription factor; Picea; Cryptomeria; Thujopsis; Juniperus; Biology; Biologi; Biologi med inriktning mot fysiologisk botanik; Biology with specialization in Physiological Botany;

   Abstract : MADS-box genes are important regulators of reproductive development in seed plants, including both flowering plants and conifers. In this thesis the evolution of the AGAMOUS subfamily of MADS-box genes, and what the ancestral function of this group of genes might have been in the early seed plants about 300 million years ago, was addressed by the discovery of two novel conifer genes, both basal to all previously known AGAMOUS subfamily genes. READ MORE