The evolution of myb transcription factors in Gossypium

Abstract

CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION Thesis Organization General Introduction History of the genus Gossypium 2 The impact of polyploidy on plant evolution 3 Myb transcription factors 4 Gene duplication and morphological evolution 5 Myb transcription factors in cotton 8 References 9 CHAPTER 2. EVOLUTION AND EXPRESSION OF MYB GENES IN DIPLOID AND POL YPLOID COTTON 12 Abstract 12 Introduction 12 Materials and Methods 15 Results 17 Discussion 21 Acknowledgments 23 References 23 CHAPTER 3. THE MYB MULTI GENE FAMILY IN A DIPLOID COTTON Gossypium arboreum L. Abstract Introduction Materials and Methods Results Discussion Acknowledgements References 42 CHAPTER 4. GENERAL CONCLUSIONS Characterization of the MYB gene family in plants 58 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 61 Lynch, M. and Force, A. (2000). The probability of duplicate gene preservation by subfunctionalization. Genetics. 154,459-473.