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Targeting environmental adaptation in the monocot model Brachypodium distachyon: a multi-faceted approach.
BMC genomics - 18 Sept 2014
Dell'Acqua Matteo, Zuccolo Andrea, Tuna Metin, Gianfranceschi Luca, Pè Mario Enrico
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BACKGROUND: The local environment plays a major role in the spatial distribution of plant populations. Natural plant populations have an extremely poor displacing capacity, so their continued survival in a given environment depends on how well they adapt to local pedoclimatic conditions. Genomic tools can be used to identify adaptive traits at a DNA level and to further our understanding of evolutionary...
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