Comparative studies of reaction norms in Arabidopsis. I. Evolution of response to daylength

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 129-155

  Pollard, Heidi ^a   Cruzan, Mitchell ^a   Pigliucci, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Comparative method; Daylength; Intraspecific phylogeny; Phenotypic plasticity; Reaction norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000542847     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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