Signals of speciation: Volatile organic compounds resolve closely related sagebrush taxa, suggesting their importance in evolution

Deidre M. Jaeger; Justin B. Runyon; Bryce A. Richardson

doi:10.1111/nph.13982

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Signals of speciation: Volatile organic compounds resolve closely related sagebrush taxa, suggesting their importance in evolution

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Authors:

Deidre M. Jaeger, Justin B. Runyon, Bryce A. Richardson

Year:

2016

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.13982

Source:

New Phytologist. 211: 1393-1401.

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Abstract

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) play important roles in the environmental adaptation and fitness of plants. Comparison of the qualitative and quantitative differences in VOCs among closely related taxa and assessing the effects of environment on their emissions are important steps to deducing VOC function and evolutionary importance.

Keywords

Artemisia tridentata, common garden, dynamic headspace, GC-MS, plant volatiles, Random Forest

Citation

Jaeger, Deidre M.; Runyon, Justin B.; Richardson, Bryce A. 2016. Signals of speciation: Volatile organic compounds resolve closely related sagebrush taxa, suggesting their importance in evolution. New Phytologist. 211: 1393-1401.