Goethe and the ABC model of flower development

Authors
Coen, E
Citation
E. Coen, Goethe and the ABC model of flower development, CR AC S III, 324(6), 2001, pp. 523-530
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary,"Experimental Biology
Journal title
COMPTES RENDUS DE L ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES SERIE III-SCIENCES DE LA VIE-LIFE SCIENCES
ISSN journal
07644469 → ACNP
Volume
324
Issue
6
Year of publication
2001
Pages
523 - 530
Database
ISI
SICI code
0764-4469(200106)324:6<523:GATAMO>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
About 10 years ago, the ABC model for the genetic control of flower develop ment was proposed. This model was initially based on the analysis of mutant flowers but has subsequently been confirmed by molecular analysis. This pa per describes the 200-year history behind this model, from the late 18th ce ntury when Goethe arrived at his idea oi plant metamorphosis, to the geneti c studies on flower mutants carried out on Arabidopsis and Antirrhinum in t he late 20th century. (C) 2001 Academie des sciences/Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS.