High-intensity light promotes adaptive divergence of photosynthetic traits between sun-exposed and shaded populations in Saxifraga fortunei.

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PREMISE: Light is essential for plants, and local populations exhibit adaptive photosynthetic traits depending on their habitats. Although plastic responses in morphological and/or physiological characteristics to different light intensities are well known, adaptive divergence with genetic variation remains to be explored. This study focused on Saxifraga fortunei (Saxifragaceae) growing in sun-exposed and shaded...

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• Adaptation, Physiological
• Ecosystem
• Genetic Variation
• Genetics, Population
• Photosynthesis