Genetic basis of adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana: Local adaptation at the seed dormancy QTL DOG1

Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2287-2302

  Kronholm, Ilkka ^a   Picó, F Xavier ^b   Alonso Blanco, Carlos ^c   Goudet, Jérôme ^d   Meaux, Juliette de ^a,e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

DELAY OF GERMINATION 1 (DOG1); FST; Population genetics; QST

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; DOG1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ALLELE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; HERB; LOCAL ADAPTATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEED DORMANCY;

ADAPTATION; ALLELE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ASIA; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SEED DORMANCY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALLELES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; ASIA, CENTRAL; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEED DORMANCY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84863481495     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01590.x     Document Type: Article

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