Comparative transcriptomics reveals shared gene expression changes during independent evolutionary origins of stem and hypocotyl/root tubers in Brassica (Brassicaceae)

David J. Hearn; Patrick O’Brien; Sylvie M. Poulsen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0197166

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Comparative transcriptomics reveals shared gene expression changes during independent evolutionary origins of stem and hypocotyl/root tubers in Brassica (Brassicaceae)

David J. Hearn ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: dhearn@towson.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Towson University, Towson, Maryland, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2171-2002

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Patrick O’Brien,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Towson University, Towson, Maryland, United States of America
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Sylvie M. Poulsen

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Towson University, Towson, Maryland, United States of America
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Comparative transcriptomics reveals shared gene expression changes during independent evolutionary origins of stem and hypocotyl/root tubers in Brassica (Brassicaceae)

David J. Hearn,
Patrick O’Brien,
Sylvie M. Poulsen

Published: June 1, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197166

About the Authors

David J. Hearn

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: dhearn@towson.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Towson University, Towson, Maryland, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2171-2002

Patrick O’Brien

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Towson University, Towson, Maryland, United States of America

Sylvie M. Poulsen

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Towson University, Towson, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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