Genome size variation in wild and cultivated maize along altitudinal gradients

New Phytologist

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 264-276

  Díez, Concepción M ^a   Gaut, Brandon S ^a   Meca, Esteban ^a   Scheinvar, Enrique ^b   Montes Hernandez, Salvador ^c   Eguiarte, Luis E ^b   Tenaillon, Maud I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Climatic variables; DNA content; Genome size; Natural selection; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; CULTIVAR; DOMESTICATION; GENOME; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MAIZE; NATURAL SELECTION; WILD POPULATION;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CROP; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOME SIZE; MAIZE; MEXICO; PLANT GENOME; POPULATION GENETICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALTITUDE; CLIMATE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME SIZE; GENOME, PLANT; MEXICO; SELECTION, GENETIC; ZEA MAYS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84878353357     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12247     Document Type: Article

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