Overview
Arabidopsis thaliana is a small flowering plant that is widely used as a model organism in plant biology. Arabidopsis is a member of the mustard (Brassicaceae) family, which includes cultivated species such as cabbage and radish. Arabidopsis is not of major agronomic significance, but it offers important advantages for basic research in genetics and molecular biology (from TAIR - The Arabidopsis Information Resource).
Statistics
This release of Phytozome includes TAIR annotation release 10 of the Arabidopsis thaliana genome release 9.- Genome
- Approximately 135Mb arranged in 5 chromosomes
- Loci
- 27416 loci containing protein-coding transcripts
- Transcripts
- 35386 protein-coding transcripts