Continuous within-plant variation as a source of intraspecific functional diversity: patterns, magnitude, and genetic correlates of leaf variability in Helleborus foetidus (Ranunculaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 225-232

  Herrera, Carlos M ^a   Medrano, Mónica ^a   Bazaga, Pilar ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

AFLP; Amplified fragment length polymorphisms; Functional diversity; Helleborus foetidus; Intraspecific variation; Leaf traits; Marker trait association analysis; Ranunculaceae; Within plant variation

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CORRELATION; DICOTYLEDON; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LEAF AREA; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLYMORPHISM;

SPAIN;

HELLEBORUS FOETIDUS; RANUNCULACEAE;

PLANT DNA;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ECOLOGY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STOMA; SPAIN; VERATRUM;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; DNA, PLANT; ECOLOGY; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HELLEBORUS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STOMATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SPAIN;

EID: 84922458192     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1400437     Document Type: Article

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