title: Complex-trait analysis in plants.
abstract: Two recent studies in Arabidopsis have identified quantitative trait loci (QTLs) by population- association and family-based studies, respectively, providing further data on the genetic architecture of complex-trait variation in plants.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Department of Biology, PO Box 90338, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA. tmo1@duke.edu
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mitchell-Olds
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics*; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005828:Genetics, Population; D010641:Phenotype; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D040641:Quantitative Trait Loci
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