Arabidopsis thaliana populations show clinal variation in a climatic gradient associated with altitude

New Phytologist

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 282-294

  Montesinos Navarro, Alicia ^a,b   Wig, Jennifer ^a,c   Xavier Pico, F ^b   Tonsor, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude; Arabidopsis thaliana; Climate change; Climatic gradient; Clinal variation; Genetic differentiation; Local adaptation; Natural variation

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DICOTYLEDON; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LOCAL ADAPTATION;

ALTITUDE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ALTITUDE; ARABIDOPSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOPERIOD; RAIN; TEMPERATURE;

SPAIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 78649721943     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03479.x     Document Type: Article

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