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Why are orchid flowers so diverse? Reduction of evolutionary constraints by paralogues of class B floral homeotic genes

BACKGROUND: The nearly 30 000 species of orchids produce flowers of unprecedented diversity. However, whether specific genetic mechanisms contributed to this diversity is a neglected topic and remains speculative. We recently published a theory, the ‘orchid code’, maintaining that the identity of th...

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Main Authors: Mondragón-Palomino, Mariana, Theißen, Günter
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2009
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2720651/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19141602
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcn258
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