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Extreme QTL mapping of germination speed in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Molecular ecology - 1 Sept 2016
Yuan Wei, Flowers Jonathan M, Sahraie Dustin J, Ehrenreich Ian M, Purugganan Michael D
Abstract excerpt
Seed germination is a key life history transition for annual plants and partly determines lifetime performance and fitness. Germination speed, the elapsed time for a nondormant seed to germinate, is a poorly understood trait important for plants' competitiveness and fitness in fluctuating environments. Germination speed varied by 30% among 18 Arabidopsis thaliana populations measured, and exhibited weak negative...
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