Separating parental environment from seed size effects on next generation growth and development in Arabidopsis

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 291-301

  Elwell, Angela L ^b   Gronwall, David S ^a   Miller, Nathan D ^a   Spalding, Edgar P ^a   Durham Brooks, Tessa L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MORGRIDGE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Doane College   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Gravitropism; Maternal effects; Phenotypic plasticity; Seed size

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GERMINATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERB; LIFE HISTORY; MATERNAL EFFECT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEED SIZE; WILD POPULATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; GENOME IMPRINTING; GERMINATION; GRAVITROPISM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ARABIDOPSIS; ENVIRONMENT; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GERMINATION; GRAVITROPISM; PLANT ROOTS; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 78651268139     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2010.02243.x     Document Type: Article

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