Genetics of drought adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana: I. Pleiotropy contributes to genetic correlations among ecological traits

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1137-1151

  McKay, John K ^a,b,c   Richards, Jim H ^c   Mitchell Olds, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope ratio; Correlated traits; Flowering locus c; Flowering time; Frigida; Pleiotropy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ALLELES; ARABIDOPSIS; CARBON ISOTOPES; EVOLUTION; FLOWERS; NATURAL DISASTERS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0038414035     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01833.x     Document Type: Article

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