Genetic changes in flowering and morphology in response to adaptation to a high-latitude environment in Arabidopsis lyrata

Annals of Botany

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 957-968

  Quilot Turion, Bénédicte ^a,b   Leppälä, Johanna ^a   Leinonen, Päivi H ^a   Waldmann, Patrik ^a   Savolainen, Outi ^a   Kuittinen, Helmi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b Researches Center of Avignon   (France)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis lyrata; Brassicaceae; growth chamber; local adaptation; phenotypic plasticity; QTL; vernalization, flowering, morphology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COLONIZATION; DICOTYLEDON; FLOWERING; GROWING SEASON; LAST GLACIATION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; VERNALIZATION;

ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; COLD; CROSS BREEDING; ENVIRONMENT; FLOWER; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; GERMANY; HISTOLOGY; HOMOZYGOTE; NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ARABIDOPSIS; COLD TEMPERATURE; CROSSES, GENETIC; ENVIRONMENT; FLOWERS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GERMANY; HOMOZYGOTE; NORWAY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

CENTRAL EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 84877303432     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct055     Document Type: Article

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