Genetics of climate change adaptation

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 46, Issue , 2012, Pages 185-208

  Franks, Steven J ^a   Hoffmann, Ary A ^b  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70;

ADAPTATION; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EPIGENETICS; FLOWER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLOWERS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENETIC FITNESS; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SELECTION, GENETIC; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84870225387     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: 15452948     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genet-110711-155511     Document Type: Review

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