title: An expanded evolutionary role for flower symmetry genes.
abstract: CYCLOIDEA (CYC)-like TCP genes are critical for flower developmental patterning. Exciting recent breakthroughs, including a study by Song et al. published in BMC Evolutionary Biology, demonstrate that CYC-like genes have also had an important role in the evolution of flower form.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA. lhileman@ku.edu
authors.forename: Lena C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Hileman
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cubas
mesh_terms: D032161:Antirrhinum / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D005075:Biological Evolution; D019521:Body Patterning / Q000235:genetics*; D035264:Flowers / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D017343:Genes, Plant / Q000502:physiology*