Sundström, Jens
- Department of Plant Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Research article2013Peer reviewedOpen access
Molecular control of normal and acrocona mutant seed cone development in Norway spruce (Picea abies) and the evolution of conifer ovule-bearing organs
Carlsbecker, Annelie; Sundström, Jens; Englund, Marie; Uddenberg, Daniel; Izquierdo, Liz; Kvarnheden, Anders; Vergara-Silva, Francisco; Engström, Peter
Abstract
Our morphological and gene expression analyses give support to the hypothesis that the modern cone is a complex structure, and the ovuliferous scale the result of reductions and compactions of an ovule-bearing axillary short shoot in cones of Paleozoic conifers.
Keywords
conifer reproductive development; LEAFY genes; MADS-box genes; ovule; ovuliferous scale; Picea abies var. acrocona
Published in
New Phytologist
2013, Volume: 200, number: 1, pages: 261-275
Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL
Uddenberg, Daniel
- Department of Plant Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Plant Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Kvarnheden, Anders
- Department of Plant Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Uppsala University
- Department of Plant Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Plant Biotechnology
Developmental Biology
Publication identifier
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.12360
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/52482