How to be early flowering: an evolutionary perspective

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 375-381

  Roux, Fabrice ^a,c   Touzet, Pascal ^a   Cuguen, Joël ^a   Le Corre, Valerie ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CROP; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; GENE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; TIME;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ARABIDOPSIS; BREEDING; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; EVOLUTION; FLOWERS; GENES, PLANT; HUMANS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SELECTION (GENETICS); TIME FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 33746317015     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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