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SUBMITTER: Samis KE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3402192 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Samis Karen E KE Murren Courtney J CJ Bossdorf Oliver O Donohue Kathleen K Fenster Charles B CB Malmberg Russell L RL Purugganan Michael D MD Stinchcombe John R JR
Ecology and evolution 20120601 6
Introduced species frequently show geographic differentiation, and when differentiation mirrors the ancestral range, it is often taken as evidence of adaptive evolution. The mouse-ear cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) was introduced to North America from Eurasia 150-200 years ago, providing an opportunity to study parallel adaptation in a genetic model organism. Here, we test for clinal variation in flowering time using 199 North American (NA) accessions of A. thaliana, and evaluate the contributions ...[more]