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Natural variation in abiotic stress responsive gene expression and local adaptation to climate in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Sept 2014
Lasky Jesse R, Des Marais David L, Lowry David B, Povolotskaya Inna, McKay John K, Richards James H, Keitt Timothy H, Juenger Thomas E
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Gene expression varies widely in natural populations, yet the proximate and ultimate causes of this variation are poorly known. Understanding how variation in gene expression affects abiotic stress tolerance, fitness, and adaptation is central to the field of evolutionary genetics. We tested the hypothesis that genes with natural genetic variation in their expression responses to abiotic stress are likely to be...
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