Natural variation in a subtelomeric region of arabidopsis: Implications for the genomic dynamics of a chromosome end

Genetics

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 401-417

  Kuo, Hui Fen ^a   Olsen, Kenneth M ^a   Richards, Eric J ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Campus Box 1137 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOME, PLANT; HAPLOTYPES; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TELOMERE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 33744458767     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.105.055202     Document Type: Article

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