Fitness effects of new mutations in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii across two stress gradients

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 583-593

  Kraemer, S A ^a   Morgan, A D ^a   Ness, R W ^a   Keightley, P D ^a   Colegrave, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas; Green algae; Mutation accumulation; Stress; Stress dependent fitness effects

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXTINCTION RISK; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GREEN ALGA; MUTATION; PHOSPHATE; SELECTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA;

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MUTATION; MUTATION ACCUMULATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; MUTATION; MUTATION ACCUMULATION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84960352456     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12807     Document Type: Article

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