A truly ecological epigenetics study

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1572-1574

  Bossdorf, Oliver ^a   Zhang, Yuanye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; ecological epigenetics; herbivory; natural variation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA METHYLATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; VIOLACEAE;

DNA METHYLATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPIGENOMICS; GENETIC VARIATION; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; VIOLA;

VIOLA CAZORLENSIS;

EID: 79953785211     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05044.x     Document Type: Article

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