▪ Abstract The Red Queen Hypothesis (RQH) explains how pathogens may maintain sexual
reproduction in hosts. It assumes that parasites become specialized on common host …

Genetic differences between Arabidopsis thaliana accessions underlie the plant’s extensive
phenotypic variation, and until now these have been interpreted largely in the context of the …

Identifying natural allelic variation that underlies quantitative trait variation remains a fundamental
problem in genetics. Most studies have employed either simple synthetic populations …

Pathogens can be an important selective agent in plant evolution because they can severely
reduce plant fitness and growth. However, the role of pathogen selection on plant evolution …

The pathways responsible for flowering time in Arabidopsis thaliana comprise one of the
best characterized genetic networks in plants. We harness this extensive molecular genetic …

Parasites represent strong selection on host populations because they are ubiquitous and
can drastically reduce host fitness. It has been hypothesized that parasite selection could …

Species often harbour large amounts of phenotypic variation in ecologically important traits,
and some of this variation is genetically based. Understanding how this genetic variation is …

Significant changes in plant phenology have been observed in response to increases in
mean global temperatures. There are concerns that accelerated phenologies can negatively …

… Paula X Kover Paula X Kover … 2009a; Springate and Kover 2014). If flowering later allows
for the accumulation of more resources for reproduction, releasing maternal plants from the …

Although the occurrence of epistasis and pleiotropy is widely accepted at the molecular level,
its effect on the adaptive value of fitness-related genes is rarely investigated in plants. …