Tomato mutants as tools for functional genomics.
Tomato mutants have been used in genetic studies and breeding for decades, yet only a few tomato mutants have been characterized at the molecular level. Similarly, a wealth of sequence information for tomato is now available but the functions of only a few genes are known. New developments - such as the use of saturated mutant populations, new methods for the detection of mutants and new sequence data - are bridging the gap between tomato genes and their functions.
Emmanuel
Eyal
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Department of Plant Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Sciences, Rehovot, Israel.
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Avraham A
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D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D018744:DNA, Plant; D009153:Mutagens; D005020:Ethyl Methanesulfonate