From genotype to phenotype: Unraveling the complexities of cold adaptation in forest trees

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1247-1266

  Howe, Glenn T ^a   Aitken, Sally N ^b   Neale, David B ^c,f   Jermstad, Kathleen D ^c   Wheeler, Nicholas C ^d,e   Chen, Tony H H ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d Weyerhaeuser Company ^*  (United States)

^e WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Association genetics; Bud phenology; Cold hardiness; Dormancy; Genecology; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

COLD EFFECTS; CORRELATION METHODS; ECOLOGY; ENZYMES; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ALLOZYMES; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ADAPTATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; NATURAL SELECTION; TREE;

EID: 1642311939     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b03-141     Document Type: Conference Paper

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