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Molecular adaptation in flowering and symbiotic recognition pathways: insights from patterns of polymorphism in the legume Medicago truncatula.
BMC evolutionary biology - 1 Aug 2011
De Mita Stéphane, Chantret Nathalie, Loridon Karine, Ronfort Joëlle, Bataillon Thomas
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BACKGROUND: We studied patterns of molecular adaptation in the wild Mediterranean legume Medicago truncatula. We focused on two phenotypic traits that are not functionally linked: flowering time and perception of symbiotic microbes. Phenology is an important fitness component, especially for annual plants, and many instances of molecular adaptation have been reported for genes involved in flowering pathways....
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