Open AccessBEN, ROB, and the Making of a Petunia Flower
Author(s) -
Jennifer Lockhart
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the plant cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324
H-Index - 341
eISSN - 1532-298X
pISSN - 1040-4651
DOI - 10.1105/tpc.17.00489
Subject(s) - sepal , biology , homeotic gene , stamen , petal , petunia , gynoecium , botany , function (biology) , mutant , gene , genetics , pollen
A lot of effort goes into making a flower. Suites of genes must function in the right place at the right time. If not, stamens might grow where sepals should be, and so on, yielding homeotic mutant flowers. In general, flower parts are arranged in four concentric whorls of organs, including (from
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