Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Evo–Devo: Flowering form

Evo–Devo: Flowering form:
Nature Reviews Genetics 14, 442 (2013).
doi:10.1038/nrg3516

Author: Mary Muers
The evolution of diverse organ shapes — such as intricate petals and leaves — has long fascinated biologists. A fundamental question is whether organs share an underlying developmental framework that has evolved under different selective pressures to form unique structures. This is indeed the case

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