Table 1.

Numbers of MADS-box genes in seven sequenced plant genomes [18,26-29]

		Prunus persica	Arabidopsis thaliana	Populus trichocarpa	Vitis vinifera	Oryza sativa	Sorghum bicolor	Zea mays
Type I		40	62	41	--	32	30	32
	M α	21	25	23	--	13	26	27
	Mβ	7	21	12	--	9	2	3
	Mγ	12	16	6	--	10	2	2
Type II		39	46	60	--	44	35	43
	MIKC*	4	7	9	--	6	2	4
	MIKC c	35	39	51	32	38	33	39
Grand total		79	108	101	--	76	65	75