Gene function beyond the single trait: Natural variation, gene effects, and evolutionary ecology in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 2-20

  Tonsor, S J ^a   Alonso Blanco, C ^b,c   Koornneef, M ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b INIA   (Spain)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Ecological genetics; Ecology; Evolutionary biology; Evolutionary genomics; Gene function; Model organisms; Quantitative trait locus; Recombinant inbred lines

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 12444310242     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2004.01264.x     Document Type: Review

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