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List of works by Günter Theissen

A double-flowered variety of lesser periwinkle (Vinca minor fl. pl.) that has persisted in the wild for more than 160 years.

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A simple method for predicting the functional differentiation of duplicate genes and its application to MIKC-type MADS-box genes

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Ancestry and diversity of BEL1-like homeobox genes revealed by gymnosperm ( Gnetum gnemon) homologs

scientific article published on 31 July 2002

And then there were many: MADS goes genomic

scientific article published on October 2003

Birth, life and death of developmental control genes: new challenges for the homology concept

scientific article published on 6 October 2005

Catching a 'hopeful monster': shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris) as a model system to study the evolution of flower development

scientific article published on 3 October 2006

Characterization of MADS-box genes in charophycean green algae and its implication for the evolution of MADS-box genes

scientific article (publication date: 15 February 2005)

Characterization of candidate class A, B and E floral homeotic genes from the perianthless basal angiosperm Chloranthus spicatus (Chloranthaceae).

scientific article published on 19 July 2005

Conservation and divergence in the AGAMOUS subfamily of MADS-box genes: evidence of independent sub- and neofunctionalization events

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Conserved differential expression of paralogous DEFICIENS‐ and GLOBOSA‐like MADS‐box genes in the flowers of Orchidaceae: refining the ‘orchid code’

scientific article published on April 12, 2011

Cooperation and cheating in microbial exoenzyme production--theoretical analysis for biotechnological applications

scientific article published in July 2010

Developmental genetics: bittersweet evolution

scientific article published in April 2004

Developmental robustness by obligate interaction of class B floral homeotic genes and proteins

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Distinct MADS-box gene expression patterns in the reproductive cones of the gymnosperm Gnetum gnemon

scientific article published on 9 October 2003

Evolution of class B floral homeotic proteins: obligate heterodimerization originated from homodimerization.

scientific article published in May 2002

Evolutionary game theory: cells as players

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Evolutionary game theory: molecules as players

scientific article published on December 2014

Floral visitation and reproductive traits of Stamenoid petals, a naturally occurring floral homeotic variant of Capsella bursa-pastoris (Brassicaceae).

scientific article published on 23 September 2009

Functional conservation and diversification of class E floral homeotic genes in rice (Oryza sativa).

scientific article published on 9 December 2009

GC content dependency of open reading frame prediction via stop codon frequencies

scientific article published on September 19, 2012

GORDITA (AGL63) is a young paralog of the Arabidopsis thaliana B(sister) MADS box gene ABS (TT16) that has undergone neofunctionalization

scientific article published on September 2010

Genomewide structural annotation and evolutionary analysis of the type I MADS-box genes in plants

scientific article published in May 2003

Germline transformation of Shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris) by the 'floral dip' method as a tool for evolutionary and developmental biology

scientific article published on 17 November 2007

Heterotopic expression of class B floral homeotic genes supports a modified ABC model for tulip (Tulipa gesneriana)

scientific article (publication date: July 2003)

Lepidium as a model system for studying the evolution of fruit development in Brassicaceae

scientific article published on 03 December 2008

MADS about the evolution of orchid flowers

scientific article published on 11 February 2008

MADS and more: transcription factors that shape the plant

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MIKC-type MADS-domain proteins: structural modularity, protein interactions and network evolution in land plants

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Missing links: the genetic architecture of flowers [correction of flower] and floral diversification

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Molecular interactions of orthologues of floral homeotic proteins from the gymnosperm Gnetum gnemon provide a clue to the evolutionary origin of 'floral quartets'

scientific article published on 16 September 2010

Mutant analysis, protein-protein interactions and subcellular localization of the Arabidopsis B sister (ABS) protein

scientific article published in September 2005

On the origin of MADS-domain transcription factors

scientific article published on 10 March 2010

On the origin of class B floral homeotic genes: functional substitution and dominant inhibition in Arabidopsis by expression of an orthologue from the gymnosperm Gnetum

scientific article published in August 2002

Petaloidy and petal identity MADS-box genes in the balsaminoid genera Impatiens and Marcgravia

scientific article published on 19 July 2006

Positive selection and ancient duplications in the evolution of class B floral homeotic genes of orchids and grasses

scientific article (publication date: 21 April 2009)

Reconstitution of 'floral quartets' in vitro involving class B and class E floral homeotic proteins

scientific article published on 10 March 2009

Saltational evolution: hopeful monsters are here to stay

scientific article published on 18 February 2009

Secret life of genes

scientific article published on 01 February 2002

SplamiR--prediction of spliced miRNAs in plants

scientific article published on 17 March 2011

Structural diversification and neo-functionalization during floral MADS-box gene evolution by C-terminal frameshift mutations

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The Evolution of Plant Development: Past, Present and Future: Preface

scientific article (publication date: 8 August 2007)

The MIK region rather than the C-terminal domain of AP3-like class B floral homeotic proteins determines functional specificity in the development and evolution of petals

scientific article published on 19 February 2008

The Selaginella genome identifies genetic changes associated with the evolution of vascular plants

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The class E floral homeotic protein SEPALLATA3 is sufficient to loop DNA in 'floral quartet'-like complexes in vitro.

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The major clades of MADS-box genes and their role in the development and evolution of flowering plants.

scientific article published on December 2003

The naked and the dead: the ABCs of gymnosperm reproduction and the origin of the angiosperm flower.

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The proper place of hopeful monsters in evolutionary biology

scientific article published on 20 December 2005

To be or not to be the odd one out - Allele-specific transcription in pentaploid dogroses (Rosa L. sect. Caninae (DC.) Ser)

scientific article (publication date: 23 February 2011)

Two ancient classes of MIKC-type MADS-box genes are present in the moss Physcomitrella patens

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Why are orchid flowers so diverse? Reduction of evolutionary constraints by paralogues of class B floral homeotic genes.

scientific article published on 13 January 2009