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Evolutionary and ecological drivers of plant flavonoids across a large latitudinal gradient.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Nov 2018
Tripp Erin A, Zhuang Yongbin, Schreiber Matthew, Stone Heather, Berardi Andrea E
Abstract excerpt
Flavonoids are important secondary metabolites that play an integral role in protecting plants against UV radiation and other forms of environmental stress. Given widespread impacts of environmental effects associated with latitude on a multitude of biological systems and a well-documented increase in solar radiation towards the equator, plant flavonoid production is expected to increase as a response to factors...
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