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Nature Genetics  33, 294 - 304 (2003)
doi:10.1038/ng1108

Plant genetics: a decade of integration

Robert E. Pruitt1, 2, John L. Bowman2, 3 & Ueli Grossniklaus2, 4

1  Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indianapolis 47907-1155, USA.

2  Arabidopsis Molecular Genetics Course, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724, USA.

3  Section of Plant Biology, One Shields Avenue, University of California at Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA.

4  Institute of Plant Biology & Zürich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zürich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH-8008 Zürich, Switzerland.

Correspondence should be addressed to Ueli Grossniklaus grossnik@botinst.unizh.ch
The last decade provided the plant science community with the complete genome sequence of Arabidopsis thaliana and rice, tools to investigate the function of potentially every plant gene, methods to dissect virtually any aspect of the plant life cycle, and a wealth of information on gene expression and protein function. Focusing on Arabidopsis as a model system has led to an integration of the plant sciences that triggered the development of new technologies and concepts benefiting plant research in general. These enormous changes led to an unprecedented increase in our understanding of the genetic basis and molecular mechanisms of developmental, physiological and biochemical processes, some of which will be discussed in this article.

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