Environmental and genetic influences on the germination of Arabidopsis thaliana in the field.

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Seasonal germination timing strongly influences lifetime fitness and can affect the ability of plant populations to colonize and persist in new environments. To quantify the influence of seasonal environmental factors on germination and to test whether pleiotropy or close linkage are significant constraints on the evolution of germination in different seasonal conditions, we dispersed novel recombinant genotypes...

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• Arabidopsis
• Biological Evolution
• Environment
• Geography
• Germination