Microalgal adaptation to a stressful environment (acidic, metal-rich mine waters) could be due to selection of pre-selective mutants originating in non-extreme environments

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-48

  López Rodas, Victoria ^a   Marvá, Fernando ^a   Costas, Eduardo ^a   Flores Moya, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acidic environments; Adaptation; Dictyosphaerium; Natural selection; Pre selective mutations

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FITNESS; MICROALGA; MUTATION; POND; SELECTION;

DICTYOSPHAERIUM; DICTYOSPHAERIUM CHLORELLOIDES; EUKARYOTA; LURIA;

EID: 49049098826     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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