This estimate is based on the number of contributing members registered by The Arabidopsis Information Resource (http://www.arabidopsis.org/), as well as from statistical analyses of published Arabidopsis research by the sociologist James A. Evans (unpublished PhD dissertation: Sharing the Harvest? The Uncertain Fruits of Public/Private Collaboration in Plant Biotechnology, completed in 2004 at the Department of Sociology in Stanford University).
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Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. als Object fur Genetische und Entwicklungsphysiologische Untersuchungen
Laibach F. Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. als Object fur Genetische und Entwicklungsphysiologische Untersuchungen. Bot. Archiv. 44 (1943) 439-455
The following two volumes provide informative histories of the molecular bandwagon in biology, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA
The following two volumes provide informative histories of the molecular bandwagon in biology. Keller E.F. The Century of the Gene (2000), Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA
Other factors contributed to the increasing disinterest in Arabidopsis as a model organism. For instance, there was the interest initially awakened by the publication of a paper trying to force Arabidopsis to assimilate thiamine by injecting E. coli DNA into the plant [Ledoux, L. et al. (1974) DNA-Mediated Genetic Correction of Thiamineless Arabidopsis thaliana. Nature 249, 17-21]. The experiment proved to be entirely spurious, further endangering Arabidopsis' shaky reputation as a model organism. The rise of scepticism following this publication is documented in Somerville, C. and Koornneef, M. (2002) A fortunate choice: the history of Arabidopsis as a model plant. Nat. Rev. Genet. 3, 883-889.
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For a comprehensive history of research on Drosophila melanogaster, see the wonderful book by, Chicago University Press
For a comprehensive history of research on Drosophila melanogaster, see the wonderful book by. Kohler R.E. Lords of the Fly: Drosophila Geneticists and the Experimental Life (1994), Chicago University Press
Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of germinating seeds of Arabidopsis thaliana: a non-tissue culture approach
Feldmann K.A., and Marks M.D. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of germinating seeds of Arabidopsis thaliana: a non-tissue culture approach. Mol. Gen. Genet. 208 (1987) 1
