The Evolutionary Fate of Phenotypic Plasticity and Functional Traits under Domestication in Manioc: Changes in Stem Biomechanics and the Appearance of Stem Brittleness

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Ménard, Léa ^a,b   McKey, Doyle ^a,c   Mühlen, Gilda S ^d   Clair, Bruno ^b,e   Rowe, Nick P ^a,b  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^d Animal Science Department   (Brazil)

^e Campus Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CASSAVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTICATION; FIBER; GEOMETRY; HABITAT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT EVOLUTION; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT PARAMETERS; PLANT STEM; PLASTICITY; SHRUB; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ECOSYSTEM; ELASTICITY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MANIHOT; PHENOTYPE; PLANT STEMS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84883439547     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074727     Document Type: Article

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