The genetic architecture of shoot branching in Arabidopsis thaliana: A comparative assessment of candidate gene associations vs. quantitative trait locus mapping

Genetics

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1223-1236

  Ehrenreich, Ian M ^a,b   Stafford, Phillip A ^a   Purugganan, Michael D ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; MORE AXILLARY GROWTH 2 GENE; MORE AXILLARY GROWTH 3 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; RECOMBINANT INBRED STRAIN; SUPERSHOOT 1 GENE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENES, PLANT; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT SHOOTS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 34250751416     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.107.071928     Document Type: Article

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