Manipulative approaches to testing adaptive plasticity: Phytochrome-mediated shade-avoidance responses in plants

American Naturalist

Volumn 154, Issue SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Schmitt, Johanna ^a   Dudley, Susan A ^b   Pigliucci, Massimo ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic manipulation; Natural selection; Phenotypic manipulation; Photomorphogenesis; Photoreceptor

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYTOCHROME; PLANT GENETICS; PLASTICITY;

ADAPTATION; AVOIDANCE REACTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT;

EID: 0032816011     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303282     Document Type: Conference Paper

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