Genetic transformation: A powerful tool for dissection of adaptive traits in trees

New Phytologist

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-18

  Busov, Victor B ^a   Brunner, Amy M ^b   Meilan, Richard ^c   Filichkin, Sergei ^b   Ganio, Lisa ^b   Gandhi, Sonali ^b   Strauss, Steven H ^b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation tagging; Adaptation; Dominant mutations; Functional genomics; Insertional mutagenesis; Poplar (Populus)

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; GENETICS; TREE;

ADAPTATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TREE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENES, PLANT; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TREES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

POPULUS;

EID: 21244477210     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01412.x     Document Type: Review

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