Genetics and evolution of phenotypic plasticity to nutrient stress in Arabidopsis: Drift, constraints or selection?

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-40

  Pigliucci, Massimo ^a   Byrd, Noah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic distance; Nitrate reductase; Nitrogen stress; Plasticity genes

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC MARKER; MUTANT; NITROGEN; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NUTRIENT; PHENOTYPE; STRESS;

EVOLUTION; NUTRIENT STRESS; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICACEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0031839849     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1997.0193     Document Type: Article

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