Pleiotropic effects of environment-specific adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana

New Phytologist

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 816-825

  Kover, P X ^a   Rowntree, J K ^a   Scarcelli, N ^b   Savriama, Y ^a   Eldridge, T ^a   Schaal, B A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Fitness; Flowering time; Heritability; Selection; Trade off

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; FITNESS; FLOWER; FRUIT PRODUCTION; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; PLEIOTROPY; SELECTION; TRADE-OFF; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; FLOWER; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ENVIRONMENT; FLOWERS; FRUIT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 67650938353     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02943.x     Document Type: Article

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