Molecular Evolution Activities
 

This is a comprehensive bibliography (under construction) of primary and secondary sources on the neutral theory of molecular evolution. It currently covers the period 1973-2001.

Author :

Purugganan, M. D.

Year :

1997

Title :

The MADS-box floral homeotic gene lineages predate the origin of seed plants: phylogenetic and molecular clock estimates

Journal :

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volume :

45

Issue :

4

Pages :

392-6

Short Title :

The MADS-box floral homeotic gene lineages predate the origin of seed plants: phylogenetic and molec

Custom 3 :

97472945

Abstract :

Flower development in angiosperms is controlled in part by floral homeotic genes, many of which are members of the plant MADS-box regulatory gene family. The evolutionary history of these developmental genes was reconstructed using 74 loci from 15 dicot, three monocot, and one conifer species. Molecular clock estimates suggest that the different floral homeotic gene lineages began to diverge from one another about 450-500 mya, around the time of the origin of land plants themselves.
 -- contributed by John Beatty, March 29, 2002