Genome-wide association mapping of growth dynamics detects time-specific and general quantitative trait loci

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 5567-5580

  Bac Molenaar, Johanna A ^a   Vreugdenhil, Dick ^a   Granier, Christine ^b   Keurentjes, Joost J B ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UMR 759 LEPSE   (France)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; genome wide association mapping; growth dynamics; GWAS; natural variation; PLA; plant phenotyping; projected leaf area; rosette growth

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAF; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 84939176385     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv176     Document Type: Article

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