Comparative studies of evolutionary responses to light environments in Arabidopsis

American Naturalist

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 68-82

  Pigliucci, Massimo ^a   Pollard, Heidi ^a   Cruzan, Mitchell B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Comparative method; Haplotypes; Network phylogenies; Phenotypic plasticity; Shade avoidance

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA;

EVOLUTION; LIGHT QUALITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOTOPERIOD; SHADING;

ADAPTATION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAPLOTYPE; LIGHT; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYLOGENY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCANDINAVIA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARABIDOPSIS; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; HAPLOTYPES; LIGHT; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOPERIOD; PHYLOGENY; SCANDINAVIA;

SCANDINAVIA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0037250943     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/345460     Document Type: Article

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