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Brassica genomics: a complement to, and early beneficiary of, the Arabidopsis sequence

Andrew H Paterson1*, Tien-hung Lan2, Richard Amasino3, Thomas C Osborn4 and Carlos Quiros5

Author Affiliations

1 Center for Applied Genetic Technologies, Riverbend Research Lab, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA

2 Structural Genomics, Torrey Mesa Research Institute, 3115 Merryfield Row, San Diego, CA 92121, USA

3 Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, 433 Babcock Drive, Madison, WI 53706-1544, USA

4 Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA

5 Department of Vegetable Crops, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA

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Genome Biology 2001, 2:reviews1011-reviews1011.4 doi:10.1186/gb-2001-2-3-reviews1011

Published: 9 March 2001

Abstract

Those studying the genus Brassica will be among the early beneficiaries of the now-completed Arabidopsis sequence. The remarkable morphological diversity of Brassica species and their relatives offers valuable opportunities to advance our knowledge of plant growth and development, and our understanding of rapid phenotypic evolution.