Silene as a model system in ecology and evolution.

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_EC4447B9C7F1
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Silene as a model system in ecology and evolution.
Journal
Heredity
Author(s)
Bernasconi G., Antonovics J., Biere A., Charlesworth D., Delph L.F., Filatov D., Giraud T., Hood M.E., Marais G.A., McCauley D., Pannell J.R., Shykoff J.A., Vyskot B., Wolfe L.M., Widmer A.
ISSN
1365-2540 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0018-067X
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2009
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
103
Number
1
Pages
5-14
Language
english
Abstract
The genus Silene, studied by Darwin, Mendel and other early scientists, is re-emerging as a system for studying interrelated questions in ecology, evolution and developmental biology. These questions include sex chromosome evolution, epigenetic control of sex expression, genomic conflict and speciation. Its well-studied interactions with the pathogen Microbotryum has made Silene a model for the evolution and dynamics of disease in natural systems, and its interactions with herbivores have increased our understanding of multi-trophic ecological processes and the evolution of invasiveness. Molecular tools are now providing new approaches to many of these classical yet unresolved problems, and new progress is being made through combining phylogenetic, genomic and molecular evolutionary studies with ecological and phenotypic data.
Keywords
Basidiomycota/physiology, Chromosomes, Plant/genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Molecular, Models, Biological, Plant Diseases/microbiology, Silene/genetics, Silene/microbiology
Pubmed
Web of science
Open Access
Yes
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14/09/2011 7:02
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20/08/2019 16:14
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