Life-history qtls and natural selection on flowering time in boechera stricta, a perennial relative of arabidopsis

Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 771-787

  Anderson, Jill T ^a   Lee, Cheng Ruei ^a   Mitchell Olds, Thomas ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental stage at flowering; Field laboratory comparison; Photoperiod; Quantitative trait loci; Transition to flowering; Vernalization

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; FLOWERING; LABORATORY METHOD; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATURAL SELECTION; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHOTOPERIOD; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VERNALIZATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BRASSICACEAE; ENVIRONMENT; FLOWER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICACEAE; ENVIRONMENT; FLOWERS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SELECTION, GENETIC;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BOECHERA STRICTA;

EID: 79952058511     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01175.x     Document Type: Article

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