Arabidopsis thaliana and Plant Molecular Genetics

Arabidopsis thaliana is a small flowering plant with various properties that make it an excellent organism for experiments in molecular genetics. These properties include having a small nuclear genome, a near absence of dispersed repetitive DNA, and a generation time of 4 to 5 weeks. In addition, mu...

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1985-09, Vol.229 (4719), p.1214-1218
Main Authors: Meyerowitz, Elliot M., Pruitt, Robert E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions
Biological and medical sciences
Biotechnology
Chloroplasts
Classical and quantitative genetics. Population genetics. Molecular genetics
Classical genetics, quantitative genetics, hybrids
DNA
Flowering plants
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Generalities. Genetics. Plant material
Genetic mapping
Genetic mutation
Genetics and breeding of economic plants
Genetics of eukaryotes. Biological and molecular evolution
Genomes
Haploidy
Molecular genetics
Plant genetics
Plants
Pteridophyta, spermatophyta
Vegetals
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Summary:Arabidopsis thaliana is a small flowering plant with various properties that make it an excellent organism for experiments in molecular genetics. These properties include having a small nuclear genome, a near absence of dispersed repetitive DNA, and a generation time of 4 to 5 weeks. In addition, mutations that affect hormone synthesis and response, many different enzyme activities, and numerous developmental processes have been identified and characterized.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.229.4719.1214