An examination of targeted gene neighborhoods in strawberry.docVIP

Davis et al. BMC Plant Biology 2010, 10:81 /1471-2229/10/81 RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access An examination of targeted gene neighborhoods Research article in strawberry Thomas M Davis*1, Melanie E Shields2, Qian Zhang1, Denise Tombolato-Terzi?5, Jeffrey L Bennetzen3, Ana C Pontaroli3,6, Hao Wang3, Qin Yao3, Phillip SanMiguel4 and Kevin M Folta5 Abstract Background: Strawberry (Fragaria spp.) is the familiar name of a group of economically important crop plants and wild relatives that also represent an emerging system for the study of gene and genome evolution. Its small stature, rapid se