Evolution: redundancy as an opportunity for innovation.
Four recently duplicated flowering genes in sunflower have met diverse fates, including acquisition of a new regulatory function, providing intriguing insights into duplicate gene evolution as well as sunflower domestication.
Bomblies
Kirsten
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Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. kbomblies@oeb.harvard.edu
D005075:Biological Evolution; D035264:Flowers / Q000254:growth & development; D020440:Gene Duplication; D017343:Genes, Plant; D006368:Helianthus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D008957:Models, Genetic; D005810:Multigene Family