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The influence of population structure on gene expression and flowering time variation in the ubiquitous weed Capsella bursa-pastoris (Brassicaceae).
Molecular ecology - 1 Mar 2016
Kryvokhyzha Dmytro, Holm Karl, Chen Jun, Cornille Amandine, Glémin Sylvain, Wright Stephen I, Lagercrantz Ulf, Lascoux Martin
Abstract excerpt
Population structure is a potential problem when testing for adaptive phenotypic differences among populations. The observed phenotypic differences among populations can simply be due to genetic drift, and if the genetic distance between them is not considered, the differentiation may be falsely interpreted as adaptive. Conversely, adaptive and demographic processes might have been tightly associated and...
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