Molecular mapping and QTL for expression profiles of flavonoid genes in Brassica napus

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 7, Issue NOVEMBER2016, 2016, Pages

  Qu, Cunmin ^a   Zhao, Huiyan ^a   Fu, Fuyou ^b   Zhang, Kai ^a   Yuan, Jianglian ^a   Liu, Liezhao ^a   Wang, Rui ^a   Xu, Xinfu ^a   Lu, Kun ^a   Li, Jia Na ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; Expression profiles; Flavonoid genes; Genetic map; QTLs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995578347     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01691     Document Type: Article

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