title: To betalains and back again: a tale of two pigments.
authors.affiliation: Arnold Arboretum and Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138-2902, USA.
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Des Marais
mesh_terms: D050858:Betalains / Q000378:metabolism*; D029748:Caryophyllaceae / Q000235:genetics*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D017343:Genes, Plant; D010802:Phylogeny
chemical_list: D050858:Betalains
keywords: Caryophyllales; anthocyanin biosynthetic pathway (ABP); betalains; evolutionary transitions; floral pigments; gene duplication; novel adaptation