Comparative biology comes into bloom: genomic and genetic comparison of flowering pathways in rice and Arabidopsis.
Huge advances in plant biology are possible now that we have the complete genome sequences of several flowering plants. Now, genomes can be comprehensively compared and map-based cloning can be performed more easily. Association study is emerging as a powerful method for the functional identification of genes and molecular genetics has begun to reveal the basis of plant diversity. Taking the flowering pathways as an example, we discuss the potential of several approaches to comparative biology.
Izawa
Takeshi
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National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba 305-8602, Japan. tizawa@nias.affrc.go.jp
Takahashi
Yuji
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Yano
Masahiro
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D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D035264:Flowers / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D018745:Genome, Plant; D015810:Linkage Disequilibrium; D012275:Oryza / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid