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Heritability and quantitative genetic divergence of serotiny, a fire-persistence plant trait.
Annals of botany - 1 Sept 2014
Hernández-Serrano Ana, Verdú Miguel, Santos-Del-Blanco Luís, Climent José, González-Martínez Santiago C, Pausas Juli G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Although it is well known that fire acts as a selective pressure shaping plant phenotypes, there are no quantitative estimates of the heritability of any trait related to plant persistence under recurrent fires, such as serotiny. In this study, the heritability of serotiny in Pinus halepensis is calculated, and an evaluation is made as to whether fire has left a selection signature on the...
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