Association mapping of germination traits in Arabidopsis thaliana under light and nutrient treatments: Searching for G×E effects

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1465-1478

  Morrison, Ginnie D ^a,b   Linder, C Randal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

A. thaliana; Environmental effects; Germination; GWAS; Natural genetic variation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GERMINATION; HERITABILITY; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENE;

EID: 84906282269     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.114.012427     Document Type: Article

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