Local Adaptation in European Firs Assessed through Extensive Sampling across Altitudinal Gradients in Southern Europe.
BACKGROUND:Local adaptation is a key driver of phenotypic and genetic divergence at loci responsible for adaptive traits variations in forest tree populations. Its experimental assessment requires rigorous sampling strategies such as those involving population pairs replicated across broad spatial s...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2016-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4938419?pdf=render |