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What drives selection on flowering time? An experimental manipulation of the inherent correlation between genotype and environment.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Aug 2015
Austen Emily J, Weis Arthur E
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The optimal timing of the seasonal switch from somatic growth to reproduction can depend on an individual's condition at reproduction, the quality of the environment in which it will reproduce, or both. In annual plants, vegetative size (a function of age at flowering) affects resources available for seed production, whereas exposure to mutualists, antagonists, and abiotic stresses in the environment (functions...
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