Identification of quantitative trait loci controlling fibre length and lignin content in Arabidopsis thaliana stems

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 185-197

  Capron, Arnaud ^a   Chang, Xue Feng ^b   Hall, Hardy ^c   Ellis, Brian ^c   Beatson, Rodger P ^b   Berleth, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; composite interval mapping; fibre; high throughput; lignin; QTL

Indexed keywords

LIGNIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMOSOME MAP; ECOTYPE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; INBREEDING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT GENE; PLANT STEM; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; ECOTYPE; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC MARKERS; INBREEDING; LIGNIN; LOD SCORE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; PLANT STEMS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84871724476     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers319     Document Type: Article

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