Genetic control and comparative genomic analysis of flowering time in Setaria (Poaceae)

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 283-295

  Mauro Herrera, Margarita ^a   Wang, Xuewen ^b,c   Barbier, Hugues ^d   Brutnell, Thomas P ^d,e   Devos, Katrien M ^b   Doust, Andrew N ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute   (China)

^d Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

^e DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative; Flowering Time; Foxtail Millet; Genomics; Qtl Mapping; Setaria

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 10; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPISTASIS; FLOWERING; FOXTAIL MILLET; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REGULATION; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PANICUM VIRGATUM; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PLANT GENE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; RECOMBINANT INBRED STRAIN; SETARIA; SETARIA VIRIDIS; SORGHUM; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; COMPARATIVE GENOMICS; FLOWER; FLOWERING TIME; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENOME; SETARIA (PLANT);

ARABIDOPSIS; PANICUM VIRGATUM; POACEAE; SETARIA (PLANT); SETARIA ITALICA; SETARIA VIRIDIS; SORGHUM (GENUS); ZEA MAYS;

COMPARATIVE GENOMICS; FLOWERING TIME; FOXTAIL MILLET; QTL MAPPING; SETARIA;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; FLOWERS; GENOME, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOPERIOD; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SETARIA PLANT; SORGHUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84883180760     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.112.005207     Document Type: Article

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