Bract reduction in Cruciferae: possible genetic mechanisms and evolution
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This review is an attempt to analyze possible ways of bractless infl orescence formation in Cruciferae. Function of genes which are supposed to play a certain role in a process of bract reduction/development – LFY, AP1, AP2, BOP1, BOP2, JAG, FUL/AGL8, SOC1/AGL20, BRA – is discussed with concentration on the structure of fl owers and infl orescences, based on the results of genetic analysis (including data on gene expression). The potential of these genes in the evolutionary process of bract reduction is hypothesized.
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