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Sandra Floyd
 
Sandra Floyd    
School of Biological Sciences
 Monash University

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John L. Bowman and Sandra K. Floyd. 2008. Patterning and polarity in seed plant shoots. Annual Review of Plant Biology 59: 67-88 abstract | full text | article in pdf format

John L. Bowman, Sandra K. Floyd and Keiko Sakakibara. 2007. Green genes - Comparative genomics of the green branch of life. Cell 129(2): 229-234 full text | article in pdf format

Sandra K. Floyd and John L. Bowman. 2007. The ancestral developmental tool kit of land plants. International Journal of Plant Science 168 (1): 1-35 JAN abstract | full text | article in pdf format

Sandra K. Floyd and John L. Bowman. 2006. Distinct developmental mechanisms reflect the independent origins of leaves in vascular plants. Current Biology 16 (19): 1911-1917 OCT 10 abstract | full text | article in pdf format

Sandra K. Floyd, Christopher S. Zalewski and John L. Bowman. 2006. Evolution of class III homeodomain-leucine zipper genes in streptophytes. Genetics 173 (1): 373-388 MAY abstract | full text | article in pdf format

Yuval Eshed, Anat Izhaki, Stuart F. Baum, Sandra K. Floyd, and John L. Bowman. 2004. Asymmetric leaf development and blade expansion in Arabidopsis are mediated by KANADI and YABBY activities. Development, 131 (12): 2997-3006 JUN. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Sandra K. Floyd and John L. Bowman. 2004. Gene regulation: Ancient microRNA target sequences in plants.
Nature, 428 (6982): 485-486 APR. first paragraph | full text article | article in pdf format

John F. Emery, Sandra K. Floyd, John Alvarez, Yuval Eshed, Nathaniel P. Hawker, Anat Izhaki, Stuart F. Baum and John L. Bowman. 2003. Radial patterning of Arabidopsis shoots by class IIIHD-ZIP and KANADI genes. Current Biology, 13 (20): 1768-1774 OCT. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Tara A. Forbis, Sandra K. Floyd, and Alan de Queiroz. 2002. The evolution of embryo size in angiosperms and other seed plants: Implications for the evolution of seed dormancy. Evolution, 56 (11): 2112-2125 NOV. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Sandra K. Floyd, and William E. Friedman. 2001. Developmental evolution of endosperm in basal angiosperms: evidence from Amborella (Amborellaceae, Nuphar (Nymphaeaceae), and Illicium (Illiciaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 228: 153-169. abstract (article available in pdf format from SpringerLink at this link)

William E. Friedman, and Sandra K. Floyd. 2001. The origin of flowering plants and their reproductive biology: a tale of two phylogenies. Evolution 55:217-231. full text article | article in pdf format