Improved resolution in the position of drought-related QTLs in a single mapping population of rice by meta-analysis

BMC Genomics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Khowaja, Farkhanda S ^a,c   Norton, Gareth J ^a   Courtois, Brigitte ^b   Price, Adam H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BIOMASS; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 9; DROUGHT; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT HEIGHT; PLANT ROOT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; RICE; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETICS; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENOME; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; DROUGHTS; GENES, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; ORYZA SATIVA; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOTS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 67650400640     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-276     Document Type: Article

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