2010/03/01 by Maarten Koornneef, David W. Meinke · 484 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Arabidopsis #Arabidopsis thaliana #Biology #Botany #Computational biology #Evolutionary biology #Gene #Genetics #Genome #Model organism #Organism #Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms #Plant Molecular Biology Research #Plant Reproductive Biology #Plant biology #Plant development
paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/j.1365-313x.2009.04086.x
published in The Plant Journal 61(6), 909-921 (Wiley)
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Twenty-five years ago, Arabidopsis thaliana emerged as the model organism of choice for research in plant biology. A consensus was reached about the need to focus on a single organism to integrate the classical disciplines of plant science with the expanding fields of genetics and molecular biology. Ten years after publication of its genome sequence, Arabidopsis remains the standard reference plant for all of biology. We reflect here on the major advances and shared resources that led to the extraordinary growth of the Arabidopsis research community. We also underscore the importance of continuing to expand and refine our detailed knowledge of Arabidopsis while seeking to appreciate the remarkable diversity that characterizes the plant kingdom.