A broader model for C4 photosynthesis evolution in plants inferred from the goosefoot family (chenopodiaceae s.s.)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1741, 2012, Pages 3304-3311

  Kadereit, Gudrun ^a   Ackerly, David ^b   Pirie, Michael D ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dependent evolution; Drought tolerance; Molecular clock; Photosynthesis; Salt tolerance; Succulence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; DICOTYLEDON; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; EOCENE; GRASS; OLIGOCENE; PARALLEL EVOLUTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; SALINITY TOLERANCE;

AMARANTHACEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 84863878694     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0440     Document Type: Article

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