Aridity shapes cyanogenesis cline evolution in white clover (Trifolium repens L.)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1053-1070

  Kooyers, Nicholas J ^a,c   Gage, Lily R ^b   Al Lozi, Amal ^a   Olsen, Kenneth M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; cyanogenic glucosides; drought tolerance; ecological genetics; parallel evolution; plant animal interaction

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

CYANOGENIC GLYCOSIDES; GLYCOSIDE; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; MICROSATELLITE DNA; WATER;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLIMATE; CLOVER; CYANOGENIC GLUCOSIDES; DROUGHT; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; ECOLOGICAL GENETICS; EVOLUTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PARALLEL EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT-ANIMAL INTERACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION; CYANOGENIC GLUCOSIDES; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; ECOLOGICAL GENETICS; PARALLEL EVOLUTION; PLANT-ANIMAL INTERACTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLIMATE; DROUGHTS; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GLYCOSIDES; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRIFOLIUM; UNITED STATES; WATER;

EID: 84896702958     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12666     Document Type: Article

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