The evolution of heavy metal tolerance in plants: Adaptations, limits, and costs

Genetics And Ecotoxicology

Volumn , Issue , 2022, Pages 9-30

  Shaw, A Jonathan ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Directional selection; Ecotypes flowering plants; Genetic basis of tolerance; Heavy metal tolerance; Mosses; Selection; Stabilizing

Indexed keywords

EID: 85126589449     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781003075431-2     Document Type: Chapter

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