Arabidopsis thaliana
Model plant species in the family Brassicaceae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Arabidopsis thaliana, the thale cress, mouse-ear cress or arabidopsis, is a small plant from the mustard family (Brassicaceae), native to Eurasia and Africa.[2][3][4][5][6][7] Commonly found along the shoulders of roads and in disturbed land, it is generally considered a weed.
Arabidopsis thaliana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Brassicales |
Family: | Brassicaceae |
Genus: | Arabidopsis |
Species: | A. thaliana |
Binomial name | |
Arabidopsis thaliana | |
The range of Arabidopsis thaliana.
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Synonyms[1] | |
Arabis thaliana |
A winter annual with a relatively short lifecycle, A. thaliana is a popular model organism in plant biology and genetics. For a complex multicellular eukaryote, A. thaliana has a relatively small genome of around 135 megabase pairs.[8] It was the first plant to have its genome sequenced, and is an important tool for understanding the molecular biology of many plant traits, including flower development and light sensing.[9]