Development of flowers typically employs conserved molecular pathways and recurrent sets of homologous genes. A new study shows that a homologue of RADIALIS, a gene well known to control flower symmetry, is recruited to serve a different function.
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Bergero, R. A symmetry gene restores femaleness. Nat. Plants 8, 198–199 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-022-01114-0
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