Adaptational significance of variations in DNA methylation in clonal plant Hierochloe glabra (Poaceae) in heterogeneous habitats

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 274-282

  Bian, Rujin ^a   Nie, Dandan ^a,b   Xing, Fu ^a   Zhou, Xiaoling ^a   Gao, Ying ^a   Bai, Zhenjian ^a   Liu, Bao ^a  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Export Processing Zone   (China)

Author keywords

epigenetic variation; methylation sensitive amplified polymorphism (MSAP); nutrient heterogeneity; phenotypic plasticity.

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLONAL ORGANISM; DNA; HETEROGENEITY; LEGUME; METHYLATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 84879833800     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: 14449862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT12242     Document Type: Article

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