QTL analysis of early stage heterosis for biomass in Arabidopsis

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 227-237

  Meyer, Rhonda Christiane ^a   Kusterer, Barbara ^b,f   Lisec, Jan ^c   Steinfath, Matthias ^d   Becher, Martina ^d,e   Scharr, Hanno ^e   Melchinger, Albrecht E ^b   Selbig, Joachim ^c,d   Schurr, Ulrich ^e   Willmitzer, Lothar ^c   Altmann, Thomas ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^e FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^f HYBRO Saatzucht GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; CLASSIFICATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DRY WEIGHT; GENE ACTION; GENOMIC POSITIONS; GENOMIC REGIONS; INTROGRESSION LINES; LEAF AREA; MID-PARENT HETEROSIS; NORTH CAROLINA; PHENOTYPIC VARIATIONS; QTL ANALYSIS; RECOMBINANT INBRED LINES;

BIOMASS; GENES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROSIS; INBREEDING; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENOME; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOMASS; GENOME, PLANT; HYBRID VIGOR; INBREEDING; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 75849142760     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-009-1074-6     Document Type: Article

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