Adaptive differentiation of traits related to resource use in a desert annual along a resource gradient

New Phytologist

Volumn 201, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1316-1327

  Brouillette, Larry C ^a   Mason, Chase M ^a   Shirk, Rebecca Y ^a   Donovan, Lisa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Drought; Helianthus; Selection; Soil fertility; Sunflower; Water limitation

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; DESERT CLIMATE; DROUGHT; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SELECTION; SOIL FERTILITY; SUNFLOWER; WATER LIMITATION;

ADAPTATION; DROUGHT; HELIANTHUS; SELECTION; SOIL FERTILITY; SUNFLOWER; WATER LIMITATION;

DESERT CLIMATE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; HELIANTHUS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 84895066450     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12628     Document Type: Article

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