Discordant longitudinal clines in flowering time and Phytochrome C in Arabidopsis thaliana

Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2971-2983

  Samis, Karen E ^a   Heath, Katy D ^a   Stinchcombe, John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Association mapping; Clines; Ecological genomics; Flowering time; FRI; Phenotypic plasticity; Photoperiod; PHYC

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; PHYTOCHROME; PHYTOCHROME C, ARABIDOPSIS; PRIMER DNA;

CLINE; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOWERING; LOCAL ADAPTATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOTOPERIOD; PIGMENT; SEASONALITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; FLOWER; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEASON;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; EUROPE; FLOWERS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOPERIOD; PHYTOCHROME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 57249111825     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00484.x     Document Type: Article

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