Population, quantitative and comparative genomics of adaptation in forest trees

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-155

  Neale, David B ^a   Ingvarsson, Pär K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE; GENETICS; GENOMICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REVIEW; TREE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GENES, PLANT; GENOMICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; TREES;

EID: 41149124114     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2007.12.004     Document Type: Review

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