A fortunate choice: The history of Arabidopsis as a model plant

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 883-889

  Somerville, Chris ^a   Koornneef, Maarten ^b  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; AUXIN; PHYTOHORMONE;

ARABIDOPSIS; AUXOTROPHY; BOTANY; ECOTYPE; HISTORY; HOMEOBOX; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; MODEL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; REVIEW; VERNALIZATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; BOTANY; GENETICS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0036844861     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg927     Document Type: Review

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