Plant Genetics and Development
Mark D Curtis, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Ueli Grossniklaus, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Published online: September 2007
DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0002033
Abstract
Our understanding of nearly all aspects of plant growth and development have benefited from the application of genetic analyses.
Early anatomical and physiological studies provided evidence for processes that allow the plant to respond to internal and
external stimuli, but genetics has provided the tools to revolutionize our understanding of the underlying mechanisms. The
development of new tools in molecular genetics, the adoption of plant model organisms and the creation of databases for comparative
gene analyses, have all contributed to the rapid progress in our understanding of plant developmental biology in recent years.
Keywords: Arabidopsis thaliana; dominance; epistasis; genetic screen; mutation; positional cloning
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