Natural Allelic Variation at Seed Size Loci in Relation to Other Life History Traits of Arabidopsis thaliana

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 96; no. 8; pp. 4710 - 4717
• Main Authors: Alonso-Blanco, Carlos, Vries, Hetty Blankestijn-de, Hanhart, Corrie J., Koornneef, Maarten
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 13.04.1999; National Acad Sciences; National Academy of Sciences; The National Academy of Sciences
• Series: Inaugural Article
• Subjects: Alleles; Arabidopsis - genetics; Arabidopsis - growth & development; Arabidopsis - physiology; Arabidopsis thaliana; Atlantic Islands; Biological Sciences; Botany; Chromosome Mapping; Crosses, Genetic; Embryos; EPS; Flowers & plants; Fruits; Genetic loci; Genetic Markers; Genetic Variation; Laboratorium voor Erfelijkheidsleer; Laboratory of Genetics; Ovules; Phenotypic traits; Plants; Quantitative trait loci; Quantitative Trait, Heritable; Recombination, Genetic; Seed size; Seeds; Testa; Atlantic Islands

We have analyzed two Arabidopsis strains differing in the mean seed size and seed number they produced. The accession Cape Verde Islands (Cvi) yielded on average about 40% fewer seeds than the laboratory strain Landsberg erecta (Ler), but Cvi seeds were almost twice as heavy. Maternal and nonmaterna...