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Environmental response in gene expression and DNA methylation reveals factors influencing the adaptive potential of Arabidopsis lyrata by Hämälä, Tuomas, Ning, Weixuan, Kuittinen, Helmi, Aryamanesh, Nader, Savolainen, Outi

“…Understanding what factors influence plastic and genetic variation is valuable for predicting how organisms respond to changes in the selective environment…”
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Role of vernalization and of duplicated FLOWERING LOCUS C in the perennial Arabidopsis lyrata by Kemi, Ulla, Niittyvuopio, Anne, Toivainen, Tuomas, Pasanen, Anu, Quilot‐Turion, Bénédicte, Holm, Karl, Lagercrantz, Ulf, Savolainen, Outi, Kuittinen, Helmi

“…FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC) is one of the main genes influencing the vernalization requirement and natural flowering time variation in the annual Arabidopsis…”
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Nucleotide Variation at the CHALCONE ISOMERASE Locus in Arabidopsis thaliana by Kuittinen, Helmi, Aguade, Montserrat

“…An approximately 1.9-kb region encompassing the CHI gene, which encodes chalcone isomerase, was sequenced in 24 worldwide ecotypes of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.)…”
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Inflorescence shoot elongation, but not flower primordia formation, is photoperiodically regulated in Arabidopsis lyrata by Kemi, Ulla, Leinonen, Päivi H, Savolainen, Outi, Kuittinen, Helmi

“…Photoperiod contains information about the progress of seasons. Plants use the changing photoperiod as a cue for the correct timing of important life history…”
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Role of seed germination in adaptation and reproductive isolation in Arabidopsis lyrata by Hämälä, Tuomas, Mattila, Tiina M., Leinonen, Päivi H., Kuittinen, Helmi, Savolainen, Outi

“…Seed germination is an important developmental and life history stage. Yet, the evolutionary impact of germination has mainly been studied in the context of…”
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Selection for population‐specific adaptation shaped patterns of variation in the photoperiod pathway genes in Arabidopsis lyrata during post‐glacial colonization by Mattila, Tiina M, Aalto, Esa A, Toivainen, Tuomas, Niittyvuopio, Anne, Piltonen, Susanna, Kuittinen, Helmi, Savolainen, Outi

“…Spatially varying selection can lead to population‐specific adaptation, which is often recognized at the phenotypic level; however, the genetic evidence is…”
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Natural Variation in Arabidopsis lyrata Vernalization Requirement Conferred by a FRIGIDA Indel Polymorphism by Kuittinen, Helmi, Niittyvuopio, Anne, Rinne, Paula, Savolainen, Outi

“…Species share homologous genes to a large extent, but it is not yet known to what degree the same loci have been targets for natural selection in different…”
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Estimating numbers of embryonic lethals in conifers by SAVOLAINEN, O, KÄRKKÄINEN, K, KUITTINEN, H

“…Conifers have recessive lethal genes that eliminate most selfed embryos during seed development. It has been estimated that Scots pine has, on average, nine…”
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Genetic changes in flowering and morphology in response to adaptation to a high-latitude environment in Arabidopsis lyrata by Quilot-Turion, Bénédicte, Leppälä, Johanna, Leinonen, Päivi H, Waldmann, Patrik, Savolainen, Outi, Kuittinen, Helmi

“…Background and AimsThe adaptive plastic reactions of plant populations to changing climatic factors, such as winter temperatures and photoperiod, have changed…”
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Comparing the linkage maps of the close relatives Arabidopsis lyrata and A. thaliana by Kuittinen, H, Haan, A.A. de, Vogl, C, Oikarinen, S, Leppala, J, Koch, M, Mitchell-Olds, T, Langley, C.H, Savolainen, O

“…We have constructed a genetic map of Arabidopsis lyrata, a self-incompatible relative of the plant model species A. thaliana. A. lyrata is a diploid (n = 8)…”
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Studying genetics of adaptive variation in model organisms: flowering time variation in Arabidopsis lyrata by Riihimäki, Mona, Podolsky, Robert, Kuittinen, Helmi, Koelewijn, Hans, Savolainen, Outi

“…Arabidopsis thaliana has emerged as a model organism for plant developmental genetics, but it is also now being widely used for population genetic studies…”
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Quantifying latitudinal clines to light responses in natural populations of Arabidopsis thaliana (Brassicaceae) by Stenoien, Hans K, Fenster, Charles B, Kuittinen, Helmi, Savolainen, Outi

“…Evidence of adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana (Brassicaceae) phenotypic traits has rarely been shown. We demonstrate latitudinal clines in two A. thaliana…”
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Parallel patterns of sequence variation within and between populations at three loci of Arabidopsis thaliana by Kuittinen, Helmi, Salguero, David, Aguadé, Montserrat

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Genetic variation at marker loci and in quantitative traits in natural populations of Arabidopsis thaliana by Kuittinen, H, Mattila, A, Savolainen, O

“…Genetic variation was studied in quantitative traits and molecular markers in six natural Scandinavian populations of Arabidopsis thaliana. Only two of the…”
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Genetic Basis of Inbreeding Depression in Arabis petraea by Karkkainen, Katri, Kuittinen, Helmi, van Treuren, Rob, Vogl, Claus, Oikarinen, Sami, Savolainen, Outi

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Genetic basis of inbreeding depression in Arabis petraea by Karkkainen, K, Kuittinen, H, Treuren, R. van, Vogl, C, Oikarinen, S, Savolainen, O

“…Inbreeding depression may be caused by (partially) recessive or overdominant gene action. The relative evolutionary importance of these two modes has been…”
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Evolution of microsatellites in Arabis petraea and Arabis lyrata, outcrossing relatives of Arabidopsis thaliana by van Treuren, R, Kuittinen, H, Kärkkäinen, K, Baena-Gonzalez, E, Savolainen, O

“…We examined microsatellite variation in two diploid, outcrossing relatives of Arabidopsis thaliana, Arabis petraea and Arabis lyrata. The primer sequences were…”
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Comparative gene mapping in Arabidopsis lyrata chromosomes 1 and 2 and the corresponding A. thaliana chromosome 1: recombination rates, rearrangements and centromere location by Hansson, Bengt, Kawabe, Akira, Preuss, Sonja, Kuittinen, Helmi, Charlesworth, Deborah

“…To add detail to the genetic map of Arabidopsis lyrata, and compare it with that of A. thaliana, we have developed many additional markers in the A. lyrata…”
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Picea omorika is a self-fertile but outcrossing conifer by KUITTINEN, H, SAVOLAINEN, O

“…Outcrossing rates were estimated in a natural Yugoslavian and in a cultivated Finnish population of Serbian spruce [Picea omorika (Pančić) Purk.]. The…”
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