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Acknowledgments
We express our appreciation to T. Nishiyama, S. Shindo and the editors for their
valuable suggestions on the manuscript. This research was supported by grants
from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan.
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homologue of FLORICAULA and LEAFY is expressed in buds containing vegetative
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Mouradov A, Glassick TV, Hamdorf BA, Murphy LC, Marla SS, Yang Y, Teasdale RD
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Mouradov A, Glassick TV, Hamdorf BA, Murphy LC, Fowler B, Marla SS, Teasdale RD
(1998b) NEEDLY, a Pinus radiata ortholog of FLORICA ULA/LEAFY genes, expressed
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M. Hasebe and M. Ito
Acknowledgments
We express our appreciation to T. Nishiyama, S. Shindo and the editors for their
valuable suggestions on the manuscript. This research was supported by grants
from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan.
References
Doyle JA (1996) Seed plant phylogeny and the relationships of Gnetales. Int J Plant Sci 157
(supplement):S3-S39
Drews GN, Bowman JL, Meyerowitz EM (1991) Negative regulation of the Arabidopsis
homeotic gene AGAMOUS by the APETALA2 product. Cell 65:991-1002
Felsenstein J (1993) PHYLIP (Phylogeny Inference Package) version 3.5c. Available from
the author. Department of Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle
Frohlich MW, Meyerowitz EM (1997) The search for flower homeotic gene homologs in
basal angiosperms and Gnetales: a potential new source of data on the evolutionary
origin of flowers. Int J Plant Sci 158 (Supplement):SI31-S142
Gasser CS, Broadhvest J, Hauser BA (1998) Genetic analysis of ovule development. Annu
Rev Plant Physiol Plant Mol Bioi 49:1-24
Gifford EM, Foster AS (1988) Morphology and evolution of vascular plants. Freeman, New
York
Goodrich J, Puangsomlee P, Martin M, Long D, Meyerowitz EM, Coupland G (1997) A
polycomb-group gene regulates homeotic gene expression inArabidopsis. Nature 386:4451
Rasebe M, Banks JA (1997) Evolution of MADS gene family in plants. In: Iwatsuki K,
Raven PH (Eds) Evolution and diversification of land plants. Springer, Tokyo, pp 179197
Rasebe M, Wen C-K, Kato M, Banks JA (1998) Characterization of MADS home otic genes
in the fern Ceratopteris richardii. Proc Nat! Acad Sci USA 95:6222-6227
Jufuku KD, den Boer BGW, Montagu MV, Okamuro JK (1994) Control of Arabidopsis
flower and seed development by the homeotic gene APETALA2. Plant Cell 6:12111225
Kempin SA, Savidge B, Yanofsky MF (1995) Molecular basis of the cauliflower phenotype
in Arabidopsis. Science 267:522-525
Mandel MA, Gustafson-Brown C, Savidge B, Yanofsky MF (1992) Molecular characterization of the Arabidopsis floral homeotic gene APETALAI. Nature 360:273-277
Mellerowicz EJ, Horgan K, Walden A, Coker A, Walter C (1998) PRFLL - a Pinus radiata
homologue of FLORICAULA and LEAFY is expressed in buds containing vegetative
shoot and undifferentiated male cone primordia. Planta 206:619-629
Mouradov A, Glassick TV, Hamdorf BA, Murphy LC, Marla SS, Yang Y, Teasdale RD
(1998a) Family of MADS-box genes expressed early in male and female reproductive
structures of monterey pine. Plant Physiol 117:55-61
Mouradov A, Glassick TV, Hamdorf BA, Murphy LC, Fowler B, Marla SS, Teasdale RD
(1998b) NEEDLY, a Pinus radiata ortholog of FLORICA ULA/LEAFY genes, expressed
in both reproductive and vegetative meristems. Proc Nat! Acad Sci USA 95:6537-6542