Article
Assortative mating and gene flow generate clinal phenological variation in trees.
BMC evolutionary biology - 8 Jun 2012
Soularue Jean-Paul, Kremer Antoine
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: On-going climate change is shifting the timing of bud burst (TBB) of broad leaf and conifer trees in temperate areas, raising concerns about the abilities of natural populations to respond to these shifts. The level of expected evolutionary change depends on the level and distribution of genetic variation of TBB. While numerous experimental studies have highlighted the role of divergent selection in...
Topics
- Algorithms
- Evolution, Molecular
- Gene Flow
- Gene-Environment Interaction
- Genetic Fitness
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Models, Genetic
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Pollen
- Reproduction