Open AccessBract Reduction In Cruciferae: Genetic Control And Evolution
Author(s) -
Aleksey Penin,
Roman A Budaev
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
èkologičeskaâ genetika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.148
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 2411-9202
pISSN - 1811-0932
DOI - 10.17816/ecogen4329-35
Subject(s) - bract , inflorescence , biology , genetics , reduction (mathematics) , gene , botany , evolutionary biology , geometry , mathematics
Оne of the characteristic features of members of the Cruciferae family is an inflorescence bearing ebracteate flowers. Bract reduction is supposed to occur once in an ancestral group. The mechanisms of genetic control and the possible role of the genes that control this process are discussed.