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Response to Comment on “A promiscuous intermediate underlies the evolution of LEAFY DNA binding specificity”
Author(s) -
Samuel F. Brockington,
Edwige Moyroud,
Camille Sayou,
Marie Monniaux,
Max Nanao,
Emmanuel Théve,
Hicham Chahtane,
Norman Warthmann,
Michael Melkonian,
Yong Zhang,
Gane KaShu Wong,
Detlef Weigel,
Renaud Dumas,
François Parcy
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 12.556
H-Index - 1186
eISSN - 1095-9203
pISSN - 0036-8075
DOI - 10.1126/science.1256011
Subject(s) - leafy , phylogenetics , biology , identification (biology) , leafy vegetables , evolutionary biology , computational biology , dna , dna sequencing , genetics , botany , gene , horticulture
Brunkardet al . propose that the identification of novelLEAFY sequences contradicts our model of evolution through promiscuous intermediates. Based on the debate surrounding land plant phylogeny and on our analysis of these interesting novel sequences, we explain why there is no solid evidence to disprove our model.

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