The genetic basis of natural variation in seed size and seed number and their trade-off using Arabidopsis thaliana magic lines

Genetics

Volumn 198, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1751-1758

  Gnan, Sebastian ^a   Priest, Anne ^a   Kover, Paula X ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED INTERCROSS LINE; ALLELE; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; DIRECTIONAL SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT PARAMETERS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SEED NUMBER; SEED SIZE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CHROMOSOME MAP; CROSS BREEDING; GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT SEED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ALLELES; ARABIDOPSIS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEEDS;

EID: 84915756382     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.114.170746     Document Type: Article

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