Boechera, a model system for ecological genomics

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 4843-4857

  Rushworth, Catherine A ^a   Song, Bao Hua ^a   Lee, Cheng Ruei ^a   Mitchell Olds, Thomas ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ecological genetics; evolution of sex; life history evolution; plant mating; population genetics empirical; quantitative genetics; systems

Indexed keywords

APOMIXIS; BRASSICACEAE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENOME; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

APOMIXIS; BRASSICACEAE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, PLANT; GENOMICS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BOECHERA;

EID: 81855201718     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05340.x     Document Type: Review

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