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Molecular footprints of local adaptation in two Mediterranean conifers.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Jan 2011
Grivet Delphine, Sebastiani Federico, Alía Ricardo, Bataillon Thomas, Torre Sara, Zabal-Aguirre Mario, Vendramin Giovanni G, González-Martínez Santiago C
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This study combines neutrality tests and environmental correlations to identify nonneutral patterns of evolution in candidate genes related to drought stress in two closely related Mediterranean conifers, Pinus pinaster Ait. and P. halepensis Mill. Based on previous studies, we selected twelve amplicons covering six candidate genes that were sequenced in a large sample spanning the full range of these two...
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