The formulation of the ABC model by a handful of pioneer plant developmental geneticists
was a seminal event in the quest to answer a seemingly simple question: how are flowers …

MADS-box genes encode a family of transcription factors which control diverse
developmental processes in flowering plants ranging from root to flower and fruit …

The large size and complexity of most fern genomes have hampered efforts to elucidate
fundamental aspects of fern biology and land plant evolution through genome-enabled …

Evolutionary developmental genetics (evodevotics) is a novel scientific endeavor which
assumes that changes in developmental control genes are a major aspect of evolutionary …

Plant life critically depends on the function of MADS-box genes encoding MADS-domain
transcription factors, which are present to a limited extent in nearly all major eukaryotic …

The function of MADS-box genes in flower and fruit development has been uncovered at a
rapid pace over the past decade. Evolutionary biologists can now analyse the expression …

Members of the AGAMOUS (AG) subfamily of MIKC-type MADS-box genes appear to control
the development of reproductive organs in both gymnosperms and angiosperms. To …

Plants (land plants, embryophytes) are of monophyletic origin from a freshwater ancestor
that, if still extant, would be classified among the charophycean green algae. Plants, but not …

The moss, Physcomitrella patens has been used as a useful material in many fields,
because of its simple body plan, ease of gene targeting, and other reasons. Although many …

Abstract Characterization of seven MADS-box genes, termed PPM1–PPM4 and PpMADS1–
PpMADS3, from the moss model species Physcomitrella patens is reported. Phylogeny …