Populus: A model system for plant biology

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2007, Pages 435-458

  Jansson, Stefan ^a   Douglas, Carl J ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biotic interactions; Flowering; Genomics; Natural variation; Seasonality; Wood formation

Indexed keywords

ASPEN; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOME; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; SEASON; TREE; WOOD;

ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENOME, PLANT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; POPULUS; PROTEOMICS; SEASONS; TREES; VARIATION (GENETICS); WOOD;

ARABIDOPSIS; POPULUS; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA;

EID: 34250809009     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: 15452123     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.58.032806.103956     Document Type: Review

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