A global analysis of QTLs for expression variations in rice shoots at the early seedling stage

Plant Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1063-1074

  Wang, Jia ^a   Yu, Huihui ^a   Xie, Weibo ^a   Xing, Yongzhong ^a   Yu, Sibin ^a   Xu, Caiguo ^a   Li, Xianghua ^a   Xiao, Jinghua ^a   Zhang, Qifa ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

eQTL; eQTL hot spots; rice; seedling vigor; SFP

Indexed keywords

EQTL; EQTL HOT SPOTS; RICE; SEEDLING VIGOR; SFP;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION; ONTOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); RNA; TRANSCRIPTION;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION;

ARTICLE; DNA MICROARRAY; GENETICS; PLANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RICE; SEEDLING;

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT SHOOTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEEDLING;

EID: 77956841911     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2010.04303.x     Document Type: Article

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