Next-generation genetics in plants

Nature

Volumn 456, Issue 7223, 2008, Pages 720-723

  Nordborg, Magnus ^a   Weigel, Detlef ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; PHENOTYPE; PLANT;

GENE MAPPING; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 57649121742     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07629     Document Type: Review

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