Article: Perlegen Sciences, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, and Salk Institute for Biological Studies to Collaborate on Arabidopsis DNA Variation Study.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. & TUEBINGEN, Germany -- Perlegen Sciences, Inc., the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies announced today that they will collaborate to identify the DNA variation in twenty strains of the plant, Arabidopsis thaliana.

Arabidopsis thaliana, the first plant to have its genome sequenced, is considered the reference plant for plant biology and for genetic diversity. Not only does this small plant from the mustard family develop, reproduce, and respond to stress and disease in much the same way as many important commercial crop plants, but it can also grow and adapt to many different ...

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