title: Ionomics: The functional genomics of elements.
abstract: Ionomics is the study of elemental accumulation in living systems using high-throughput elemental profiling. This approach has been applied extensively in plants for forward and reverse genetics, screening diversity panels, and modeling of physiological states. In this review, I will discuss some of the advantages and limitations of the ionomics approach as well as the important parameters to consider when designing ionomics experiments, and how to evaluate ionomics data.
authors.affiliation: Research Computational Biologist, USDA-ARS Plant Genetics, Donald Danforth Plant Sciences Center, St Louis, MO 63132, USA. ivan.baxter@ars.usda.gov
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Baxter
mesh_terms: D004602:Elements; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods*; D007477:Ions / Q000378:metabolism*; D013223:Statistics as Topic
chemical_list: D004602:Elements; D007477:Ions