Expression divergence of expansin genes drive the heteroblasty in Ceratopteris chingii

Abstract Background Sterile-fertile heteroblasty is a common phenomenon observed in ferns, where the leaf shape of a fern sporophyll, responsible for sporangium production, differs from that of a regular trophophyll. However, due to the large size and complexity of most fern genomes, the molecular m...

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Published in:	BMC Biology
Main Authors:	Yue Zhang, Yves Van de Peer, Bei Lu, Sisi Zhang, Jingru Che, Jinming Chen, Kathleen Marchal, Xingyu Yang
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2023-11-01
Subjects:	Expansin Ferns Ceratopteris chingii Phylogeny Coexpression network Heteroblasty
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-023-01743-7