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Seed after-ripening and dormancy determine adult life history independently of germination timing.
The New phytologist - 1 May 2012
de Casas Rafael Rubio, Kovach Katherine, Dittmar Emily, Barua Deepak, Barco Brenden, Donohue Kathleen
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• Seed dormancy can affect life history through its effects on germination time. Here, we investigate its influence on life history beyond the timing of germination. • We used the response of Arabidopsis thaliana to chilling at the germination and flowering stages to test the following: how seed dormancy affects germination responses to the environment; whether variation in dormancy affects adult phenology...
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