Spatial and temporal variation in selection of genes associated with pearl millet varietal quantitative traits in situ

Ongoing global climate changes imply new challenges for agriculture. Whether plants and crops can adapt to such rapid changes is still a widely debated question. We previously showed adaptation in the form of earlier flowering in pearl millet at the scale of a whole country over three decades. Howev...

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Main Authors: Cedric Mariac, Issaka Salia Ousseini, Abdel-Kader Alio, Hélène Judgé, Jean-louis Pham, Gilles Bezançon, Joelle Ronfort, Luc Descroix, Vigouroux Yves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fgene.2016.00130/full