Expression quantitative trait loci analysis in plants

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-27

  Druka, Arnis ^a   Potokina, Elena ^b   Luo, Zewei ^c   Jiang, Ning ^c   Chen, Xinwei ^a   Kearsey, Mike ^c   Waugh, Robbie ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b N I VAVILOV ALL RUSSIAN INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Expression quantitative trait loci; Genetical genomics; Transcript derived markers; Transcript level variation

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT GENE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, PLANT; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MODELS, GENETIC; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PLANTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 71949112678     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2009.00460.x     Document Type: Article

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