Plasticity to wind is modular and genetically variable in Arabidopsis thaliana

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 669-685

  Bossdorf, Oliver ^a,b   Pigliucci, Massimo ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Genetic differentiation; Mechanical stimulation; Phenotypic integration; Phenotypic plasticity; Thigmomorphogenesis

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; FITNESS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; HERB; MORPHOGENESIS; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; STRESS; WIND VELOCITY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 70350743741     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-008-9263-3     Document Type: Article

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