A nonparametric test reveals selection for rapid flowering in the Arabidopsis genome

PLoS Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 732-738

  Toomajian, Christopher ^a   Hu, Tina T ^a   Aranzana, Maria José ^a,c   Lister, Clare ^b   Tang, Chunlao ^a   Zheng, Honggang ^a   Zhao, Keyan ^a   Calabrese, Peter ^a   Dean, Caroline ^b   Nordborg, Magnus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; FLOWERING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOME; HAPLOTYPE; VERNALIZATION; ALLELE; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; FRI PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ALLELES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; EVOLUTION; FLOWERS; GENOME, PLANT; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SELECTION (GENETICS); STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646730881     PISSN: 15457885     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040137     Document Type: Article

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