Arabidopsis thaliana and Plant Molecular Genetics

• DOI: 10.1126/science.229.4719.1214
• Publication Date: 2006-10-05T19:42:50Z
• Authors: Elliot M. Meyerowitz; Robert E. Pruitt
• Keywords: Molecular Genetics

Arabidopsis thaliana is a small flowering plant with various properties that make it an excellent organism for experiments in molecular genetics. These include having nuclear genome, near absence of dispersed repetitive DNA, and generation time 4 to 5 weeks. In addition, mutations affect hormone synthesis response, many different enzyme activities, numerous developmental processes have been identified characterized.