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Title: Introduction to the Special Issue: The ecology and genetics of population differentiation in plants
Abstract Population differentiation is a pervasive process in nature. At present, evolutionary studies on plant population differentiation address key questions by undertaking joint ecological and genetic approaches and employing a combination of molecular and experimental means. In this special issue, we gathered a collection of papers dealing with various ecological and genetic aspects of population differentiation in plants. In particular, this special issue encompasses eight research articles and two reviews covering a wide array of worldwide environments, plant functional types, genetic and genomic approaches, and common garden experiments to quantify molecular and/or quantitative trait differentiation in plant populations. Overall, this special issue stresses the validity of traditional evolutionary studies focused on plant populations, whilst emphasizing the integration of classical biological disciplines and state-of-the-art molecular techniques into a unique toolkit for evolutionary plant research.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1759729
PAR ID:
10466103
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Editor(s):
Oakley, Christopher
Date Published:
Journal Name:
AoB PLANTS
Volume:
13
Issue:
6
ISSN:
2041-2851
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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