Geography Plays a More Important Role than Soil Composition on Structuring Genetic Variation of Pseudometallophyte Commelina communis

Pseudometallophytes are excellent models to study microevolution and local adaptation to soil pollution, as they can grow both on metalliferous and contrasting non-metalliferous soils. Although there has been accumulating evidence for the effects of edaphic conditions and geographical isolation on t...

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Main Authors: Jiaokun Li, Hui Xu, Yunpeng Song, Lulu Tang, Yanbing Gong, Runlan Yu, Li Shen, Xueling Wu, Yuandong Liu, Weimin Zeng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2016.01085/full