Evolution and Development of Inflorescence Architectures Export

@article{citeulike:1432516, abstract = {To understand the constraints on biological diversity, we analyzed how selection and development interact to control the evolution of inflorescences, the branching structures that bear flowers. We show that a single developmental model accounts for the restricted range of inflorescence types observed in nature and that this model is supported by molecular genetic studies. The model predicts associations between inflorescence architecture, climate, and life history, which we validated empirically. Paths, or evolutionary wormholes, link different architectures in a multidimensional fitness space, but the rate of evolution along these paths is constrained by genetic and environmental factors, which explains why some evolutionary transitions are rare between closely related plant taxa. 10.1126/science.1140429}, author = {Prusinkiewicz, Przemyslaw and Erasmus, Yvette and Lane, Brendan and Harder, Lawrence D. and Coen, Enrico}, citeulike-article-id = {1432516}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1140429}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/content/1140429/.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/content/1140429/.full.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/316/5830/1452}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17525303}, citeulike-linkout-5 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=17525303}, day = {8}, doi = {10.1126/science.1140429}, issn = {1095-9203}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {bud, development}, month = {June}, number = {5830}, pages = {1452--1456}, posted-at = {2007-07-04 10:04:36}, priority = {0}, title = {Evolution and Development of Inflorescence Architectures}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1140429}, volume = {316}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1432516 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1432516 N2 - To understand the constraints on biological diversity, we analyzed how selection and development interact to control the evolution of inflorescences, the branching structures that bear flowers. We show that a single developmental model accounts for the restricted range of inflorescence types observed in nature and that this model is supported by molecular genetic studies. The model predicts associations between inflorescence architecture, climate, and life history, which we validated empirically. Paths, or evolutionary wormholes, link different architectures in a multidimensional fitness space, but the rate of evolution along these paths is constrained by genetic and environmental factors, which explains why some evolutionary transitions are rare between closely related plant taxa. 10.1126/science.1140429 IS - 5830 JF - Science SN - 1095-9203 EP - 1456 TI - Evolution and Development of Inflorescence Architectures VL - 316 SP - 1452 KW - bud KW - development AU - Prusinkiewicz, Przemyslaw AU - Erasmus, Yvette AU - Lane, Brendan AU - Harder, Lawrence AU - Coen, Enrico PY - 2007/06/08/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1140429 ER -