Genomic analysis of QTLs and genes altering natural variation in stochastic noise

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Jimenez Gomez, Jose M ^a   Corwin, Jason A ^a   Joseph, Bindu ^a   Maloof, Julin N ^a   Kliebenstein, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSINOLATE; TRANSCRIPTOME; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ELF3 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELF3 GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GERMPLASM; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; NATURAL SELECTION; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT GENE; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; STOCHASTIC NOISE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; CHROMOSOME MAP; CROSS BREEDING; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; STATISTICS;

ARABIDOPSIS; EUKARYOTA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSINOLATES; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 80053449076     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002295     Document Type: Article

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