Genome size as a predictor of guard cell length in Arabidopsis thaliana is independent of environmental conditions

New Phytologist

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 311-314

  Lomax, Barry H ^a,b   Woodward, F Ian ^a   Leitch, Ilia J ^c   Knight, Charles A ^d   Lake, Janice A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosperm genome size; Arabidopsis thaliana; Carbon dioxide (CO 2); Guard cell length (GCL); Irradiance; Pathogen; Relative humidity; UV B

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOSSIL RECORD; GENOME; IRRADIANCE; PATHOGEN; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADAPTATION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PLANT GENOME; PLANT STOMA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ARABIDOPSIS; ENVIRONMENT; GENOME, PLANT; LINEAR MODELS; PLANT STOMATA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 57649178542     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02700.x     Document Type: Article

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