Field guide to plant model systems

• Caren Chang ^[2] ; John L. Bowman ^[1] ; Elliot Meyerowitz
  1. [1] Monash University

     Monash University

     Australia

     
  2. [2] University of Maryland
• Localización: Cell, ISSN 0092-8674, Vol. 167, Nº. 2, 2016, págs. 325-339
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • For the past several decades, advances in plant development, physiology, cell biology, and genetics have relied heavily on the model (or reference) plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Arabidopsis resembles other plants, including crop plants, in many but by no means all respects. Study of Arabidopsis alone provides little information on the evolutionary history of plants, evolutionary differences between species, plants that survive in different environments, or plants that access nutrients and photosynthesize differently. Empowered by the availability of large-scale sequencing and new technologies for investigating gene function, many new plant models are being proposed and studied.