Genome plasticity in Festuca arundinacea: Direct response to temperature changes by redundancy modulation of interspersed DNA repeats

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 104, Issue 6-7, 2002, Pages 901-907

  Ceccarelli, M ^a   Esposto, M C ^a   Roscini, C ^a   Sarri, V ^a   Frediani, M ^b   Gelati, M T ^b   Cavallini, A ^c   Giordani, T ^c   Pellegrino, R M ^d   Cionini, P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d Dipto di Chim dell'Univ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental adaptation; Festuca arundinacea; Genome plasticity; Intraspecific genomic changes; Repeated DNA sequences

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENES; PLASTICITY; SEED;

SEEDLINGS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

EMBRYOPHYTA; FESTUCA; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS;

EID: 0036945014     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-001-0862-4     Document Type: Article

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