Article
A map of local adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 7 Oct 2011
Fournier-Level A, Korte A, Cooper M D, Nordborg M, Schmitt J, Wilczek A M
Abstract excerpt
Local adaptation is critical for species persistence in the face of rapid environmental change, but its genetic basis is not well understood. Growing the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana in field experiments in four sites across the species' native range, we identified candidate loci for local adaptation from a genome-wide association study of lifetime fitness in geographically diverse accessions....
Topics
- Acclimatization
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Alleles
- Arabidopsis
- Climate
- Europe
- Genes, Plant
- Genetic Fitness
- Genetic Loci
- Genome, Plant
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Geography