Quantifying latitudinal clines to light responses in natural populations of Arabidopsis thaliana (Brassicaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1604-1608

  Stenøien, Hans K ^a,c   Fenster, Charles B ^a,d   Kuittinen, Helmi ^b   Savolainen, Outi ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Arabidopsis thaliana; Brassicaceae; Circadian clock; Flowering time; Photoreception; Phytocromes

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLINE; FLOWERING; LATITUDE; LIGHT QUALITY;

NORWAY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICACEAE;

EID: 0036800874     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.89.10.1604     Document Type: Article

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