What is the exact evolutionary history of flowers?

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Arvind Singh

Dear Alwin David Samuel,

Please have a look at these attached resources.

Good luck

Fatih Fazlioglu

Hi Alvin,

These two review articles might be helpful:

Article The early evolution of the Angiosperm flower

Article Molecular evolution of flower development

Dear Samuel,

Please have a look at this PDF attachment also.

Best of luck

Albert Kaboré

Please have a look at this link.

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/342/6165/1241089

Rahul Sharma

Please have a look at this link

The evolutionary history of flowering plants by Charles Foster