Evidence for parallel evolution and site-specific selection of serpentine tolerance in Cerastium alpinum during the colonization of Scandinavia

New Phytologist

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 199-209

  Nyberg Berglund, Anna Britt ^a   Dahlgren, Sverre ^a   Westerbergh, Anna ^b  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Cerastium; Magnesium; Metal tolerance; Nickel; Parallel evolution; Selection; Serpentine

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COLONIZATION; MAGNESIUM; NATURAL SELECTION; NICKEL; SERPENTINE; TOLERANCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

CERASTIUM; CERASTIUM ALPINUM;

EID: 0348019099     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00934.x     Document Type: Article

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