Flowering time QTL in natural populations of Arabidopsis thaliana and implications for their adaptive value

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 4291-4303

  Dittmar, Emily L ^a   Oakley, Christopher G ^a   Ågren, Jon ^b   Schemske, Douglas W ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

adaptation; ecological genetics; life history evolution; phenotypic plasticity; quantitative genetics

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ADAPTATION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOLOGICAL GENETICS; FLOWER; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ITALY; LIFE HISTORY EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SWEDEN;

ADAPTATION; ECOLOGICAL GENETICS; LIFE HISTORY EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARABIDOPSIS; FLOWERS; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; ITALY; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SWEDEN;

EID: 84906945005     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12857     Document Type: Article

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