THALIANA
Arabidopsis thaliana, commonly known as thale cress, is a small annual flowering plant in the Brassicaceae family. It is one of the most widely used model organisms in plant biology and genetics due to its small genome, short life cycle, and ease of laboratory cultivation.
The species has a genome of about 135 megabases organized into five chromosomes and contains roughly 27,000
The life cycle from germination to seed production typically takes six to eight weeks under long-day, optimal
Arabidopsis has extensive mutant collections, gene expression data, and genetic resources. Methods include T-DNA insertion mutagenesis,
Because of its reduced genome and conservation of many plant pathways with crops, discoveries in Arabidopsis