Induced mutations: A novel tool to study phenotypic integration and evolutionary constraints in Arabidopsis thaliana

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1009-1027

  Camara, Mark D ^a,b   Ancell, Carrie A ^a   Pigliucci, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Canalization; Genetic constraints; Mutation; Phenotypic covariance; Pleiotropy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000763969     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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