Variation in growth rate in a natural assemblage of unicellular green soil algae

Heredity

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 162-171

  Koelewijn, Hans P ^a   De La Guerie, Patrick ^b   Bell, Graham ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas; Competition; Environmental heterogeneity; Genetic diversity; Soil microbes; Sorting

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GENETIC VARIANCE; LIQUID CULTURE; NATURAL SELECTION; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; PLANT GROWTH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

ADAPTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENETIC VARIATION; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH RATE; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALGAE, GREEN; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; SELECTION (GENETICS); SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0034778680     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.2001.00887.x     Document Type: Article

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