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. 2017 Jan;22(1):8-10.
doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2016.11.006. Epub 2016 Nov 25.

Petal, Sepal, or Tepal? B-Genes and Monocot Flowers

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Petal, Sepal, or Tepal? B-Genes and Monocot Flowers

Steven Dodsworth. Trends Plant Sci. 2017 Jan.

Abstract

In petaloid monocots expansion of B-gene expression into whorl 1 of the flower results in two whorls of petaloid organs (tepals), as opposed to sepals in whorl 1 of typical eudicot flowers. Recently, new gene-silencing technologies have provided the first functional data to support this, in the genus Tricyrtis (Liliaceae).

Keywords: ABC model; B genes; Liliaceae; Tricyrtis; monocots; petaloid organ.

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