Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-655.65.02
Arabidopsis thaliana
English: Thale cress; Mouse-ear cress or arabidopsis.
Region: Eurasia.
Botany: small herb; winter annual; on roadsides,disturbed land.
Use: popular in plant biology and genetics as it has a relatively small genome of ± 135 megabase pairs; the first plant to have its genome sequenced.