Complex rearrangements lead to novel chimeric gene fusion polymorphisms at the Arabidopsis thaliana MAF2-5 flowering time gene cluster

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 699-711

  Caicedo, Ana L ^a   Richards, Christina ^b   Ehrenreich, Ian M ^b,c   Purugganan, Michael D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Gene fusion; Gene origin; MADS box; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; FLOWERS; GENE FUSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, PLANT; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 60149097557     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn300     Document Type: Article

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