Missing links: the genetic architecture of flower and floral diversification |
| |
| Affiliation: | 1. Laboratorio di Anatomia Funzionale dell''Apparato Stomatognatico (LAFAS), Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Mangiagalli 31, 20133 Milano, Italy;2. Maxillo-Facial Surgical Unit, Ospedale San Paolo, Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Di Rudinì 8, 20142 Milano, Italy;3. Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, via Pansini 5, 80138 Napoli, Italy |
| |
| 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. |
| |
| Keywords: | |
| 本文献已被 ScienceDirect 等数据库收录！ |
|
