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Spatially variable natural selection and the divergence between parapatric subspecies of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta, Pinaceae).
American journal of botany - 1 Aug 2012
Eckert Andrew J, Shahi Hurshbir, Datwyler Shannon L, Neale David B
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PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Plant populations arrayed across sharp environmental gradients are ideal systems for identifying the genetic basis of ecologically relevant phenotypes. A series of five uplifted marine terraces along the northern coast of California represents one such system where morphologically distinct populations of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) are distributed across sharp soil gradients ranging from...
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