Does sequence polymorphism of FLC paralogues underlie flowering time QTL in Brassica oleracea?

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-192

  Razi, H ^a,b   Howell, E C ^a   Newbury, H J ^a   Kearsey, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA OLERACEA; FLOWERING TIME (FT); GENETICAL MAPPING; SYNONYMOUS POLYMORPHISMS;

BACTERIA; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYMORPHISM;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; FLF PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRASSICA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FLOWER; GENE LIBRARY; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SYNTENY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRASSICA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; FLOWERS; GENE COMPONENTS; GENE LIBRARY; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYNTENY;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA;

EID: 37349116968     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-007-0657-3     Document Type: Article

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