Selection in a model system: Ecological genetics of flowering time in Arabidopsis thaliana

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1700-1712

  Pigliucci, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Genetic architecture; Life history evolution; Model organisms; Selection

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FLOWERING; GENETICS; LIFE HISTORY; SELECTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0344153471     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[1700:SIAMSE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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