Life history in a model system: opening the black box with Arabidopsis thaliana.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
A broad research programme in Arabidopsis thaliana has provided estimates of selection on specific alleles in specific contexts, and identified geographic patterns of alleles in genes linked to timing of flowering. A closely related field has successfully captured many key axes of the evolution of timing of flowering in other monocarpic species through statistical and demographic modelling of large empirical databases. There has as yet been no synthesis between these two fields. Here we examine ways in which the two fields inform each other, and how this synergy will shape our knowledge of life-history evolution as a whole.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Metcalf, CJE; Mitchell-Olds, T
Published Date
- July 2009
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 12 / 7
Start / End Page
- 593 - 600
PubMed ID
- 19473216
Pubmed Central ID
- PMC2819306
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1461-0248
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 1461-023X
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01320.x
Language
- eng