单词 | arabidopsis |
释义 | Arabidopsisn. Botany. A genus of small cruciferous herbs, widespread in temperate Eurasia and North America, and found esp. in dry, sandy, stony, or saline habitats. Also (also in form arabidopsis): a plant of this genus; (in later use) esp. thale cress, Arabidopsis thaliana, which has simple leaves and white flowers, and is used widely in studies of plant genetics.The simple structure, relatively small genome size, and short generation time of A. thaliana have led to its becoming established as a model species for research into plant molecular biology and genetics. In December 2000, an international collaboration, the Arabidopsis Genome Initiative, announced the completion of a project to systematically sequence the entire genome of A. thaliana, the first plant species for which this had been achieved. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > other plants and herbs > [noun] allseed1597 lion's ear1835 Arabidopsis1837 1837 J. Torrey in Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. N.Y. 4 93 Among Notorhizæ, it has but little resemblance to any, except to a small section (Arabidopsis) of the genus Sisymbrium, all of which have white flowers. 1913 N. L. Britton & A. Brown Illustr. Flora North States (ed. 2) 175 Arabidopsis, annual or perennial herbs with the aspect of some species of Arabis.., entire or toothed leaves and small white or pink flowers. 1965 Science 26 Nov. 1192/1 The rapid progress of Arabidopsis research was summarized in the opening addresses by F. Laibach, the discoverer of this ‘botanical Drosophila’, and by E. Reinholz. 1993 Guardian 21 July ii. 3/1 Britain's agricultural scientists are part of an international project on Arabidopsis, or thale cress, because if they can understand just one very simple little weed, they will understand life's recipe for a plant. 2010 G. Gessert Green Light xvii. 171 Today arabidopsis is more widely used in genetic research than any other organism, even fruit flies or mice. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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