Open AccessQuantitative Control of Organ Shape by Combinatorial Gene Activity
Author(s) -
MinLong Cui,
Lucy Copsey,
Amelia A. Green,
Jenny Bangham,
Enrico Coen
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000538
Subject(s) - biology , antirrhinum , antirrhinum majus , petal , gene , transcription factor , computational biology , mutant , genetics , evolutionary biology , arabidopsis , botany
A novel combination of molecular genetics, shape analysis, and computational modelling shows how the complex three-dimensional shape of the Snapdragon flower can arise through local gene activity.
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