Reciprocal transplants demonstrate strong adaptive differentiation of the model organism Arabidopsis thaliana in its native range

New Phytologist

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1112-1122

  Ågren, Jon ^a   Schemske, Douglas W ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Arabidopsis; Climate; Natural selection; Reciprocal transplant

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FITNESS; GENOTYPE; HERB; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEEDLING; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SURVIVAL; TOLERANCE;

ADAPTATION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; FLOWER; GEOGRAPHY; ITALY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SEASON; SWEDEN; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ARABIDOPSIS; FLOWERS; GENETIC FITNESS; GEOGRAPHY; ITALY; SEASONS; SWEDEN; TEMPERATURE;

ITALY; SWEDEN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84860494028     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04112.x     Document Type: Article

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