Measuring spatial variation in natural selection using randomly-sown seeds of Arabidopsis thaliana

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 215-228

  Stratton, D A ^a   Bennington, C C ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Environmental heterogeneity; Natural selection; Spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0029662475     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1996.9020215.x     Document Type: Article

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