Regional heterogeneity and gene flow maintain variance in a quantitative trait within populations of lodgepole pine

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1594, 2006, Pages 1587-1593

  Yeaman, Sam ^a,b   Jarvis, Andy ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b International Plant Genetic Resources Institute IPGRI   (Colombia)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cline; Gene flow; Genetic diversity; Heterogeneous selection; Lodgepole pine

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLINE; CONIFEROUS TREE; EVOLUTION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; HETEROGENEITY;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PINE; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; CLIMATE; GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

PINUS CONTORTA;

CLIMATE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; PINUS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 33747171463     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3498     Document Type: Article

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