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Adaptation of Arabidopsis thaliana to the Yangtze River basin.
Genome biology - 28 Dec 2017
Zou Yu-Pan, Hou Xing-Hui, Wu Qiong, Chen Jia-Fu, Li Zi-Wen, Han Ting-Shen, Niu Xiao-Min, Yang Li, Xu Yong-Chao, Zhang Jie, Zhang Fu-Min, Tan Dunyan, Tian Zhixi, Gu Hongya, Guo Ya-Long
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BACKGROUND: Organisms need to adapt to keep pace with a changing environment. Examining recent range expansion aids our understanding of how organisms evolve to overcome environmental constraints. However, how organisms adapt to climate changes is a crucial biological question that is still largely unanswered. The plant Arabidopsis thaliana is an excellent system to study this fundamental question. Its origin is...
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