Growth form evolution and shifting habitat specialization in annual plants

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1009-1018

  Bonser, S P ^a,b   Geber, M A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Growth form; Leaf position; Mutants; Phenotypic integration; Plasticity; Rapid evolution; Shade avoidance

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; EVOLUTION; GROWTH FORM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SPECIALIZATION;

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; MUTATION; PLANT LEAF; TURNIP;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICA RAPA; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENOTYPE; LIGHT; MUTATION; PLANT LEAVES;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA;

EID: 22144433029     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.00904.x     Document Type: Article

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