Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von Linné Weg 10, Cologne, Germany.
Plant J. 2010 Mar;61(6):909-21. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2009.04086.x.
Twenty-five years ago, Arabidopsis thaliana emerged as the model organism of choice for research in plant biology. A consensus was reached about the need to focus on a single organism to integrate the classical disciplines of plant science with the expanding fields of genetics and molecular biology. Ten years after publication of its genome sequence, Arabidopsis remains the standard reference plant for all of biology. We reflect here on the major advances and shared resources that led to the extraordinary growth of the Arabidopsis research community. We also underscore the importance of continuing to expand and refine our detailed knowledge of Arabidopsis while seeking to appreciate the remarkable diversity that characterizes the plant kingdom.
25 年前，拟南芥成为植物生物学研究的首选模式生物。人们达成共识，需要专注于单一生物体，将植物科学的经典学科与不断扩展的遗传学和分子生物学领域相结合。在其基因组序列公布十年后，拟南芥仍然是生物学的标准参考植物。我们在这里反思了导致拟南芥研究社区非凡发展的主要进展和共享资源。我们还强调了在寻求理解植物王国的显著多样性的同时，继续扩展和完善我们对拟南芥的详细了解的重要性。
