Mapping Essential Genes in Arabidopsis thaliana

拟南芥胚胎致死性突变的形态遗传图谱。胚胎发育涉及大量基因，该项目的目标是绘制Meinke博士实验室积累的100个突变体。随着越来越多的实验室从事胚胎致命突变的研究，拥有基因图谱的价值将会增加。这项工作将提供具有已知图谱位置的突变基因的宝贵资源，所得到的图谱将为将每个新突变分配到互补组提供指导。此外，这项工作有助于世界范围内开发拟南芥高密度遗传和物理图谱的努力。

This is a project to develop a morphological genetic map of embryo lethal mutations of Arabidopsis thaliana. There are a large number of genes involved in embryo development and the objective of this project is to map 100 mutants that have been accumulated in Dr. Meinke's laboratory. The value of having a genetic map will increase as an increasing number of laboratories are working with embryonic lethal mutants. This work will provide a valuable resource of mutant genes with known map locations, and the resultant map will provide a guide to assign each new mutation to complementation groups. In addition, the work contributes to the world-wide effort of developing a high density genetic and physical map of Arabidopsis.