Natural genetic variation in arabidopsis: Tools, traits and prospects for evolutionary ecology

Annals of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1043-1054

  Shindo, Chikako ^a   Bernasconi, Giorgina ^a   Hardtke, Christian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; LD mapping; Molecular ecology; Natural genetic variation; Natural trait variation; Plant development; Plant evolution; QTL mapping

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; MAPPING; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYLOGENETICS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ECOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW;

ARABIDOPSIS; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 34547822027     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl281     Document Type: Review

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