Genetic Variation in the Nuclear and Organellar Genomes Modulates Stochastic Variation in the Metabolome, Growth, and Defense

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Joseph, Bindu ^a   Corwin, Jason A ^a   Kliebenstein, Daniel J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; METABOLITE; METABOLOME; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT GENOME; PLANT GROWTH; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; STOCHASTIC VARIATION; ARABIDOPSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; METABOLOMICS; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ARABIDOPSIS; EUKARYOTA;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METABOLOME; METABOLOMICS; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 84924359006     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004779     Document Type: Article

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