Brachypodium distachyon and Setaria viridis: Model Genetic Systems for the Grasses

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 66, Issue , 2015, Pages 465-485

  Brutnell, Thomas P ^a,b   Bennetzen, Jeffrey L ^c,d   Vogel, John P ^e  

^a DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^d University of Georgia   (United States)

^e DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forward genetics; Genomics; High throughput sequencing; Reverse genetics

Indexed keywords

BRACHYPODIUM DISTACHYON; POACEAE; SETARIA VIRIDIS;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRACHYPODIUM; GENETICS; GENOMICS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENE; POACEAE; SETARIA (PLANT);

BRACHYPODIUM; GENES, PLANT; GENOMICS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; POACEAE; SETARIA PLANT;

EID: 84928893009     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: 15452123     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-042811-105528     Document Type: Article

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