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Comparative genetic mapping in Boechera stricta, a close relative of Arabidopsis.
Plant physiology - 1 May 2007
Schranz M Eric, Windsor Aaron J, Song Bao-Hua, Lawton-Rauh Amy, Mitchell-Olds Thomas
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The angiosperm family Brassicaceae contains both the research model Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) and the agricultural genus Brassica. Comparative genomics in the Brassicaceae has largely focused on direct comparisons between Arabidopsis and the species of interest. However, the reduced genome size and chromosome number (n = 5) of Arabidopsis complicates comparisons. Arabidopsis shows extensive genome and...
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