title: Evolution. Response to Comment on "A promiscuous intermediate underlies the evolution of LEAFY DNA binding specificity".
abstract: Brunkard et al. propose that the identification of novel LEAFY sequences contradicts our model of evolution through promiscuous intermediates. Based on the debate surrounding land plant phylogeny and on our analysis of these interesting novel sequences, we explain why there is no solid evidence to disprove our model.
authors: Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EA, UK.
authors: Samuel F
authors: SF
authors: Brockington
authors: Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EA, UK.
authors: Edwige
authors: E
authors: Moyroud
authors: Wellcome Trust Center for Cell Biology, Michael Swann Building 5.1, King's Buildings. Edinburgh, EH9 3JR, UK.
authors: Camille
authors: C
authors: Sayou
authors: Department of Comparative Development and Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linne Weg 10, 50829, Köln, Germany.
authors: Marie
authors: M
authors: Monniaux
authors: European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), 6 Rue Jules Horowitz, BP 181, 38042 Grenoble, France. Unit of Virus Host-Cell Interactions, Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), EMBL, UMI 3265, 6 Rue Jules Horowitz, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France. francois.parcy@cea.fr mnanao@embl.fr.
authors: Max H
authors: MH
authors: Nanao
authors: CNRS, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale (LPCV), UMR 5168, 38054 Grenoble, France. UGA, LPCV, F-38054 Grenoble, France. Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Direction des Sciences du Vivant, Institut de Recherches en Technologies et Sciences pour le Vivant, LPCV, F-38054 Grenoble, France. Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, LPCV, F-38054 Grenoble, France.
authors: Emmanuel
authors: E
authors: Thévenon
authors: CNRS, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale (LPCV), UMR 5168, 38054 Grenoble, France. UGA, LPCV, F-38054 Grenoble, France. Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Direction des Sciences du Vivant, Institut de Recherches en Technologies et Sciences pour le Vivant, LPCV, F-38054 Grenoble, France. Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, LPCV, F-38054 Grenoble, France.
authors: Hicham
authors: H
authors: Chahtane
authors: Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT 0200, Australia.
authors: Norman
authors: N
authors: Warthmann
authors: Botanisches Institut, Lehrstuhl I, Universität zu Köln, Biozentrum Köln, Zülpicher Strasse 47b, 50674 Köln, Germany.
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Melkonian
authors: Beijing Genomics Institute, Shenzhen, Beishan Industrial Zone, Yantian District, Shenzhen 518083, China.
authors: Yong
authors: Y
authors: Zhang
authors: Beijing Genomics Institute, Shenzhen, Beishan Industrial Zone, Yantian District, Shenzhen 518083, China Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, T6G 2E9, Canada.
authors: Gane Ka-Shu
authors: GK
authors: Wong
authors: Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
authors: Detlef
authors: D
authors: Weigel
authors: CNRS, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale (LPCV), UMR 5168, 38054 Grenoble, France. UGA, LPCV, F-38054 Grenoble, France. Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Direction des Sciences du Vivant, Institut de Recherches en Technologies et Sciences pour le Vivant, LPCV, F-38054 Grenoble, France. Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, LPCV, F-38054 Grenoble, France.
authors: Renaud
authors: R
authors: Dumas
authors: CNRS, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale (LPCV), UMR 5168, 38054 Grenoble, France. UGA, LPCV, F-38054 Grenoble, France. Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Direction des Sciences du Vivant, Institut de Recherches en Technologies et Sciences pour le Vivant, LPCV, F-38054 Grenoble, France. Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, LPCV, F-38054 Grenoble, France. francois.parcy@cea.fr mnanao@embl.fr.
authors: François
authors: F
authors: Parcy
mesh_terms: D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000737:chemistry*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D018744:DNA, Plant; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins