Abstract: Brachypodium distachyon has emerged as an effective model system to address fundamental questions in grass biology. With its small sequenced genome, short generation time and rapidly expanding array of genetic tools, B. distachyon is an ideal system to elucidate the molecular basis of important traits in crops and bioenergy feedstocks. Induced mutations are one of the pillars of modern molecular genetics and are particularly useful for assigning function to individual genes. Due to their ease of use and low cost, mutagenic chemicals and ionizin...
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Genetics
Computational biology