Epigenetic basis of morphological variation and phenotypic plasticity in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Cell

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 337-348

  Kooke, Rik ^a   Johannes, Frank ^b   Wardenaar, René ^b   Becker, Frank ^a   Etcheverry, Mathilde ^c   Colot, Vincent ^c   Vreugdenhil, Dick ^a   Keurentjes, Joost J B ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ARABIDOPSIS; DNA METHYLATION; EPISTASIS; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ARABIDOPSIS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENETIC PLEIOTROPY; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84924296559     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.114.133025     Document Type: Article

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