Adaptive population differentiation in phenology across a latitudinal gradient in European aspen (Populus tremula, L.): A comparison of neutral markers, candidate genes and phenotypic traits

Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2849-2860

  Hall, David ^a   Luquez, Virginia ^a   Garcia, Victoria M ^a,b   St Onge, Kate R ^a,c   Jansson, Stefan ^d   Ingvarsson, Pär K ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Universidad National de Misiones Posadas Misiones   (Argentina)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Clinal variation; Gene flow; Genetic markers; Local adaptation; Population structure

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

DECIDUOUS TREE; DIVERGENCE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ASPEN; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKERS; GEOGRAPHY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POPULUS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

POPULUS TREMULA;

EID: 36549060068     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00230.x     Document Type: Article

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