Genomics tools for QTL analysis and gene discovery

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 132-136

  Borevitz, Justin O ^a   Chory, Joanne ^a,b  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

EST; Expressed sequence tag; Heterogeneous inbred family; HIF; LD; Linkage disequilibrium; Near isogenic line; NIL; QTL; Quantitative trait locus loci; SFP; Single feature polymorphism; Single nucleotide polymorphism; SNP

Indexed keywords

GENE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOMICS; METHODOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW;

GENES, PLANT; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME, PLANT; GENOMICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 1542351273     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2004.01.011     Document Type: Review

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