Flower Development: Open Questions and Future Directions
Creators
- Wellmer, Frank1
- Bowman, John L.2
- Davies, Brendan3
- Ferrándiz, Cristina4
- Fletcher, Jennifer C.5, 6
- Franks, Robert G.7
- Graciet, Emmanuelle1
- Gregis, Veronica8
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Ito, Toshiro9
- Jack, Thomas P.10
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Jiao, Yuling11
- Kater, Martin M.8
- Ma, Hong12
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Meyerowitz, Elliot M.13
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Prunet, Nathanaël10
- Riechmann, José Luis14, 15
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Trinity College Dublin
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Monash University
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University of Leeds
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Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Plants
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Plant Gene Expression Center
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University of California, Berkeley
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North Carolina State University
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University of Milan
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National University of Singapore
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Dartmouth College
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Center for Agricultural Resources Research
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Fudan University
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California Institute of Technology
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Autonomous University of Barcelona
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Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
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Abstract
Almost three decades of genetic and molecular analyses have resulted in detailed insights into many of the processes that take place during flower development and in the identification of a large number of key regulatory genes that control these processes. Despite this impressive progress, many questions about how flower development is controlled in different angiosperm species remain unanswered. In this chapter, we discuss some of these open questions and the experimental strategies with which they could be addressed. Specifically, we focus on the areas of floral meristem development and patterning, floral organ specification and differentiation, as well as on the molecular mechanisms underlying the evolutionary changes that have led to the astounding variations in flower size and architecture among extant and extinct angiosperms.
Additional Information
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- 72700
- Resolver ID
- CaltechAUTHORS:20161209-154022495
Dates
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2016-12-09Created from EPrint's datestamp field
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2021-11-11Created from EPrint's last_modified field
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- Series Name
- Methods in Molecular Biology
- Series Volume or Issue Number
- 1110