Definition for Arabidopsis thaliana

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Arabidopsis thaliana is a small flowering plant native to Europe and Asia. A winter annual with a relatively short life cycle, Arabidopsis is a popular model organism in plant biology and genetics. For a complex multicellular eukaryote, Arabidopsis thaliana has a relatively small genome of approximately 135 megabase pairs.