Sentence examples for the silene from inspiring English sources

Species in the Silene genus have a mix of hermaphroditic, female or male sterile flowers and have been used to show how male sterility can be maternally inherited.

For example, despite its very long branch, the Silene conica and S. conoidea clade grouped together with other members of Silene subgenus Behen (Fig. 2B).

Ten thousand sequences were generated with SeqGen version 1.3.2 [40] under the JC69 model of evolution using the Silene latifolia sequence as ancestral and a branch length of 0.25.

Many studies have cited Matsunaga et al. [8] as a unique example of gene duplication onto the Silene Y chromosome that has implications for understanding the evolutionary processes involved in the origination of heterogametic sex chromosomes [2], [10], [11].

Sequence analysis of the pseudoautosomal regions of the Silene sex chromosomes would potentially reveal a pattern similar to the one reported here, especially given the evidence these regions contain male-limited QTL influencing sexually antagonistic floral traits [60].

The Silene latifolia X chromosome is about four times larger than the S. vulgaris autosome.

Moreover, the reviewers would like to see more focus in the Discussion on the wider applicability of the results: are they an oddity of this system, or are they likely to occur in other systems as well; the Yucca system is mentioned, but one can also think of the Silene-Hadena system.

Here, we discuss the complex patterns of mitochondrial rate variation in the genus Silene and the implications they have for the evolution of mitochondrial mutation rates and the patterns of selection on mtDNA at the sequence level.

Evidence of this conversion is also present in S. vulgaris, but not in S. acaulis, indicating that it occurred after the split between the two Silene subgenera but before the divergence of the major lineages in subgenus Behenantha [ 28].

Among the nine sequences shared by the two Silene species, the areas matching TAIR accessions AT4G23160 (CRK8), AT2G01050, AT1G43760 and ATMG00860 contain repeated elements.

Campion, also called catchfly, common name for ornamental rock-garden or border plants constituting the genus Silene, of the pink, or carnation, family (Caryophyllaceae), consisting of about 720 species of herbaceous plants distributed throughout the world.