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. 2013 Aug 20;4:321. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00321

Table 1.

Species for which the genetic basis of altered floral pigment intensity have been characterized.

Taxon Gain (G) or Loss (L) Segregating (S) or fixed (F) Derived phenotype Locus Gene Mutation References
Petunia axillaris L F Whitea AN2 R2R3-MYB (tf) Codingd Quattrocchio et al., 1999
Antirrhinum majus ssp. striatum Lc F Yellowa ROSEA R2R3-MYB (tf) ? Whibley et al., 2006
Antirrhinum latifolium Lc F Palea ROSEA R2R3-MYB (tf) ? Schwinn et al., 2006
Antirrhinum meonanthemum Lc F Palea ROSEA R2R3-MYB (tf) ? Schwinn et al., 2006
Antirrhinum molle Lc F Palea ROSEA R2R3-MYB (tf) ? Schwinn et al., 2006
Antirrhinum graniticum Lc F Palea ROSEA R2R3-MYB (tf) ? Schwinn et al., 2006
Antirrhinum mollissimum Lc F Palea ROSEA R2R3-MYB (tf) ? Schwinn et al., 2006
Ipomoea purpurea L S Whitea W R2R3-MYB (tf) Codingd Chang et al., 2005
Ipomoea purpurea L S Whitea A CHSe Codingd Habu et al., 1998
Parrya nudicaulis L S Whiteb ? CHSe cisf Dick et al., 2011
Mimulus lewisii L S Whitea MlDfr DFRe Codingf Wu et al., in review
Mimulus aurantiacus G F Reda MaMyb2 R2R3-MYB (tf) cisd Streisfeld et al., 2013
Mimulus cupreus G F Orangea PLA1 R2R3-MYB (tf) ? Cooley et al., 2011
Mimulus variegatus G F Purplea PLA2 R2R3-MYB (tf) ? Cooley et al., 2011
Mimulus cardinalis G F Dark redb ROI1 R3-MYB (tf) cisd Yuan et al., 2013
Phlox drummondii G F Dark redb MYB R2R3-MYB (tf) cisd Hopkins and Rausher, 2011
a

Qualitative change in pigment intensity.

b

Quantitative change in pigment intensity.

c

Phylogenetic analyses equivocal with respect to directionality and number of independent transitions.

d

Validated via transgenic and/or allele specific expression.

e

Gene encodes an ABP enzyme.

f

Inferred from sequence and/or expression analyses.

? Data either not reported or unknown.

(tf) Gene encodes a transcription factor.