title: Ecology. Stalking the wild mustard.
abstract: Arabidopsis thaliana is not just for plant biologists anymore. A few intrepid ecologists and evolutionary biologists are now touting its merits as a system in which to study the genetic basis of the traits they study. The newly completed genome sequence is allowing researchers to connect the genotype--an organism's particular mix of genes--with its phenotype--how that organism develops and acts--in ways that have not been possible in other organisms whose genetics are not as well known.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pennisi
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D005075:Biological Evolution; D017753:Ecosystem; D017343:Genes, Plant; D014644:Genetic Variation; D009154:Mutation; D012641:Selection, Genetic