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Science 16 November 1990:
Vol. 250. no. 4983, pp. 931 - 936
DOI: 10.1126/science.250.4983.931

Articles

Genetic Control of Flower Development by Homeotic Genes in Antirrhinum majus

Zsuzsanna Schwarz-Sommer 1, Peter Huijser 1, Wolfgang Nacken 1, Heinz Saedler 1, and Hans Sommer 1

1 Max-Planck-Institut für Züchtungsforschung, 5000 Köln 30, Federal Republic of Germany

Homeotic mutants have been useful for the study of animal development. Such mutants are also known in plants. The isolation and molecular analysis of several homeotic genes in Antirrhinum majus provide insights into the underlying molecular regulatory mechanisms of flower development. A model is presented of how the characteristic sequential pattern of developing organs, comprising the flower, is established in the process of morphogenesis.


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