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Arabidopsis is a relative of cabbage and broccoli. This small incon­spicuous weed plant grows all over the world but is rarelly noticed by people. In the scientific community, however, Arabidopsis has a worldwide recognition associated with its “modeling career”. Several features make Arabidopsis a valuable model sytem in plant science. Arabidopsis needs a little space to grow and has very limited requirements in nutrition. It completes its life cycle fast and produces numerous progeny. It has a relatively small genome which is sequenced. Understanding of the biology of a plant gained from Arabidopsis research, will allow scientists to offer approaches for improvements of important crop species and for introduction of environmentally friendly agricultural practices.

A “model portfolio” shows some beatiful features of Arabidopsis. Fig. 3. Establishment of the secondary root in young Arabidopsis seedling visualized by expression of a splicing factor fused to the reporter ß-glucuronidase (blue).

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