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1: Genome Biol. 2000;1(2):REVIEWS1015. Epub 2000 Aug 4.Click here to read Click here to read Links

Variations on a theme: flower development and evolution.

Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. vivian.irish@yale.edu

A recent study, comparing the maize SILKY1 gene to its well-characterized homolog APETALA3 from Arabidopsis, has provided some of the first evidence pointing to conservation of homeotic gene function between monocots and dicots.

PMID: 11178237 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC138852