Algae for biofuel: Will the evolution of weeds limit the enterprise?

Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2983-2987

  Bull, James J ^a   Collins, Sinéad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Life history evolution; Selection artificial; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL;

ADAPTATION; ALGAL COMMUNITY; ALGAL CULTURE; BIOFUEL; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; LIPID; TRADE-OFF; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE;

ARTICLE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING;

BIOFUELS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHLOROPHYTA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; SELECTION, GENETIC;

ALGAE;

EID: 84865741654     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01652.x     Document Type: Article

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