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dc.contributor.authorPreston, Jill C.
dc.contributor.authorHileman, Lena C.
dc.contributor.authorCubas, Pilar
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-20T20:00:37Z
dc.date.available2014-03-20T20:00:37Z
dc.date.issued2011-01-01
dc.identifier.citationPreson, JIll C.; Hileman, Lena C.; Cubas, Pilar. 2011. Reduce, reuse, and recycle: Developmental evolution of trait diversification. American Journal of Botany 98:397-403. http://dx.doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1000279
dc.identifier.issn0002-9122
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/13327
dc.descriptionThis is the publisher's version, also available electronically from http://www.amjbot.org.
dc.description.abstractA major focus of evolutionary developmental (evo-devo) studies is to determine the genetic basis of variation in organismal form and function, both of which are fundamental to biological diversification. Pioneering work on metazoan and flowering plant systems has revealed conserved sets of genes that underlie the bauplan of organisms derived from a common ancestor. However, the extent to which variation in the developmental genetic toolkit mirrors variation at the phenotypic level is an active area of research. Here we explore evidence from the angiosperm evo-devo literature supporting the frugal use of genes and genetic pathways in the evolution of developmental patterning. In particular, these examples highlight the importance of genetic pleiotropy in different developmental modules, thus reducing the number of genes required in growth and development, and the reuse of particular genes in the parallel evolution of ecologically important traits.
dc.publisherBotanical Society of America
dc.subjectCRABS CLAW
dc.subjectCYCLOIDEA
dc.subjectevo-devo
dc.subjectFRUITFULL
dc.subjectindependent recruitment
dc.subjectKNOX1
dc.subjectparallelism
dc.subjecttrait evolution
dc.titleReduce, reuse, and recycle: Developmental evolution of trait diversification
dc.typeArticle
kusw.kuauthorPreston, Jill C.
kusw.kuauthorHileman, Lena C.
kusw.kudepartmentEcology and Evolutionary Biology
kusw.oastatusfullparticipation
dc.identifier.doi10.3732/ajb.1000279
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, publisher version
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