The effect of growth conditions on the seed size/number trade-off

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Paul Victor, Cloé ^a   Turnbull, Lindsay A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT PLANT; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; ORGANIC NUTRIENT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT NUTRIENT; PLANT SEED; RECOMBINANT INBRED STRAIN; SEED PRODUCTION; SEED SIZE; SPATIAL SOIL VARIABILITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SEEDLING; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SEEDLING; SEEDS; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349187040     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006917     Document Type: Article

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