The flowering world: a tale of duplications

• Published in: Trends in plant science Vol. 14; no. 12; pp. 680 - 688
• Main Authors: Van de Peer, Yves, Fawcett, Jeffrey A., Proost, Sebastian, Sterck, Lieven, Vandepoele, Klaas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2009; [Kidlington, Oxford, UK]: Elsevier Science Ltd; Elsevier
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; classification; Evolution, Molecular; flowering; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gene Duplication; genetics; Genome, Plant; Genome, Plant - genetics; literature reviews; Magnoliopsida; Magnoliopsida - classification; Magnoliopsida - genetics; Models, Genetic; Phylogeny; Polyploidy; Time Factors; World; Duplication; Flowering; Plant sciences

Flowering plants contain many genes, most of which were created during the past 200 or so million years through small- and large-scale duplications. Paleo-polyploidy events, in particular, have been the subject of much recent research. There is a growing consensus that one or more genome doubling or...