Testing the recent theories for the origin of the hermaphrodite flower by comparison of the transcriptomes of gymnosperms and angiosperms

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Different theories for the origin of the angiosperm hermaphrodite flower make different predictions concerning the overlap between the genes expressed in the male and female cones of gymnosperms and the genes expressed in the hermaph...

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Main Authors: Tavares Raquel, Cagnon Mathilde, Negrutiu Ioan, Mouchiroud Dominque
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-08-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/10/240