Open AccessEverything in Its Place: Conservation of Gene Order among Distantly Related Plant Species
Author(s) -
Nancy A. Eckardt
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
the plant cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324
H-Index - 341
eISSN - 1532-298X
pISSN - 1040-4651
DOI - 10.1105/tpc.13.4.723
Subject(s) - biology , taxon , gene , plant species , homology (biology) , evolutionary biology , range (aeronautics) , ecology , genetics , materials science , composite material
The use of “model” species in biological research is based on the assumption that many of their features are shared among a wide range of related taxa. Thus, it is hoped that many of the genes associated with important traits in crop plants will be identified via homology with their counterparts
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