Quantitative trait loci mapping of floral and leaf morphology traits in Arabidopsis thaliana: Evidence for modular genetic architecture

Evolution and Development

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 259-271

  Juenger, Thomas ^a   Pérez Pérez, José Manuel ^b,c   Bernal, Salvador ^b   Micol, José Luis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; FLOWER; GENE; GENETICS; GENOME; HISTOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAF; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FLOWERS; GENES, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 18944384577     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2005.05028.x     Document Type: Article

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