The significance of genome-wide transcriptional regulation in the evolution of stress tolerance

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 527-539

  Roelofs, Dick ^a   Morgan, John ^b   Stürzenbaum, Stephen ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Cis regulation; Microarray; TATA box

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FITNESS; GENE; GENOME; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; STRESS RESISTANCE; TOLERANCE;

EID: 77952672873     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-009-9345-x     Document Type: Article

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