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Science 20 September 1985:
Vol. 229. no. 4719, pp. 1214 - 1218
DOI: 10.1126/science.229.4719.1214
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Arabidopsis thaliana and Plant Molecular Genetics

Elliot M. Meyerowitz 1 and Robert E. Pruitt 2

1 Associate professor, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91125.
2 Graduate student in the Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91125.

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


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