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Transcriptome differences between two sister desert poplar species under salt stress.
BMC genomics - 4 May 2014
Zhang Jian, Feng Jianju, Lu Jing, Yang Yongzhi, Zhang Xu, Wan Dongshi, Liu Jianquan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Populus euphratica Oliv and P. pruinosa Schrenk (Salicaceae) both grow in dry desert areas with high summer temperatures. However, P. euphratica is distributed in dry deserts with deep underground water whereas P. pruinosa occurs in deserts in which there is underground water close to the surface. We therefore hypothesized that these two sister species may have evolved divergent regulatory and...
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