Merging methods in molecular and ecological genetics to study the adaptation of plants to anthropogenic metal-polluted sites: Implications for phytoremediation

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 108-119

  Pauwels, Maxime ^a   Willems, Glenda ^a   Roosens, Nancy ^a   Frérot, Hélène ^a   Saumitou Laprade, Pierre ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis halleri; Phylogeography; Phytoremediation; Pseudometallophyte; QTL mapping; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS HALLERI;

HEAVY METAL;

ADAPTATION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOREMEDIATION; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SOIL POLLUTANT; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ARABIDOPSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENOMICS; METALS, HEAVY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 37349005924     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03486.x     Document Type: Review

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