Missing links: The genetic architecture of flower and floral diversification

  • Douglas E. Soltis
  • , Pamela S. Soltis
  • , Victor A. Albert
  • , David G. Oppenheimer
  • , Claude W. DePamphilis
  • , Hong Ma
  • , Michael W. Frohlich
  • , Günter Theißen

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Abstract

To understand the genetic architecture of floral development, including the origin and subsequent diversification of the flower, data are needed not only for a few model organisms but also for gymnosperms, basal angiosperm lineages and early-diverging eudicots. We must link what is known about derived model plants such as Arabidopsis, snapdragon and maize with other angiosperms. To this end, we suggest a massive evolutionary genomics effort focused on the identification and expression patterns of floral genes and elucidation of their expression patterns in 'missing-link' taxa differing in the arrangement, number and organization of floral parts.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)22-31
Number of pages10
JournalTrends in Plant Science
Volume7
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Plant Science

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