A major locus controls local adaptation and adaptive life history variation in a perennial plant

A major locus controls local adaptation and adaptive life history variation in a perennial plant

Abstract Background The initiation of growth cessation and dormancy represent critical life-history trade-offs between survival and growth and have important fitness effects in perennial plants. Such adaptive life-history traits often show strong local adaptation along environmental gradients but, d...

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Main Authors: Jing Wang, Jihua Ding, Biyue Tan, Kathryn M. Robinson, Ingrid H. Michelson, Anna Johansson, Björn Nystedt, Douglas G. Scofield, Ove Nilsson, Stefan Jansson, Nathaniel R. Street, Pär K. Ingvarsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:Genome Biology
Subjects:
Populus tremula
Local adaptation
Genomic basis
PtFT2
Adaptive traits
Selective sweep
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13059-018-1444-y

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