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Direct and correlated responses to artificial selection for growth and water-use efficiency in a Mediterranean pine.
American journal of botany - 1 Jan 2021
Suárez-Vidal Estefanía, Sampedro Luis, Climent Jose, Voltas Jordi, Sin Ester, Notivol Eduardo, Zas Rafael
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PREMISE: Persistence of tree populations in the face of global change relies on their capacity to respond to biotic and abiotic stressors through plastic or adaptive changes. Genetic adaptation will depend on the additive genetic variation within populations and the heritability of traits related to stress tolerance. Because traits can be genetically linked, selective pressure acting on one trait may lead to...
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