“…Ratcliffe et al, 1999;Theissen et al, 2002), effectively priming the subsequent activities of the diversity of floral identity genes that constitute the bulk of the MADS-box cluster. These encompass the E-class genes epitomized by AGL2, which include genes implicated in the initiation of inflorescences in epidendroid orchids Goh, 2000, 2001;Johansen et al, 2006). In addition, the TCP-class genes that establish the 'dorsiventral' polarity in zygomorphic flowers have been well characterized in Antirrhinum, wherein the 'dorsalizing' CYC (= tb1 of Zea), reinforced by DICH, is complementary to the 'ventralizing' DIV (Clark and Coen, 2002;Cubas, 2002Cubas, , 2004.…”