Understanding natural epigenetic variation

New Phytologist

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 562-564

  Richards, Christina L ^a   Bossdorf, Oliver ^b   Verhoeven, Koen J F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Epigenetics; Experimental design; Inheritance; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; NOTE; POPULATION GENETICS; VIOLACEAE; VIOLA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; VIOLA;

EID: 77955178519     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03369.x     Document Type: Note

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