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All Traits Are Functional: An Evolutionary Viewpoint
Trends in Plant Science, 2021 There is increasing confusion regarding the term 'functional trait' and its links with ecosystem functioning. Functional traits are defined as traits that affect individual fitness. I use an evolutionary rationale that considers the integration of the phenotype, the environmental variation, and the relationship between both, to propose that all traits ...
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Concerted Genetic Function in Blood Traits [PDF]
Cell, 2016 The hematopoietic system plays a major role in human health. Two studies by Astle et al. and Chen et al. published in this issue of Cell use genome-wide association and functional genomics approaches to provide deep insights into the role of genetic variants in hematological traits.
Sarah, Kim-Hellmuth, Tuuli, Lappalainen
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The Net Effect of Functional Traits on Fitness [PDF]
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2020 Generalizing the effect of traits on performance across species may be achievable if traits explain variation in population fitness. However, testing relationships between traits and vital rates to infer effects on fitness can be misleading. Demographic trade-offs can generate variation in vital rates that yield equal population growth rates, thereby ...
Laughlin, Daniel C +4 more
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A functional trait perspective on plant invasion [PDF]
Annals of Botany, 2012 Global environmental change will affect non-native plant invasions, with profound potential impacts on native plant populations, communities and ecosystems. In this context, we review plant functional traits, particularly those that drive invader abundance (invasiveness) and impacts, as well as the integration of these traits across multiple ecological
Drenovsky, Rebecca E. +7 more
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The adaptive dynamics of function-valued traits [PDF]
Journal of Theoretical Biology, 2006 This study extends the framework of adaptive dynamics to function-valued traits. Such adaptive traits naturally arise in a great variety of settings: variable or heterogeneous environments, age-structured populations, phenotypic plasticity, patterns of growth and form, resource gradients, and in many other areas of evolutionary ecology.
Dieckmann, U., Heino, M., Parvinen, K.
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Avian Research, 2018 Background The most dominant global threat to natural forests and their biodiversity is land-cover change, which has negative impacts on both species persistence and ecosystem functions.
Ning Li +3 more
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Functional Mapping of Multiple Dynamic Traits [PDF]
Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics, 2016 Many biological phenomena undergo developmental changes in time and space. Functional mapping, which is aimed at mapping genes that affect developmental patterns, is instrumental for studying the genetic architecture of biological changes. Often biological processes are mediated by a network of developmental and physiological components and, therefore,
Cao, Jiguo +4 more
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FunMap: functional mapping of complex traits [PDF]
Bioinformatics, 2004 Abstract Summary: FunMap is a Web-based user interface designed to map quantitative trait loci (QTL) affecting function-valued traits or infinite-dimensional traits in well-structured pedigrees or natural populations. User input includes three files: longitudinal trait data, marker genotypes and/or a linkage map. This software allows for
Chang-Xing Ma +2 more
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Seasonal variations alter the impact of functional traits on plankton dynamics. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Gaining understanding of food-web processes often requires a simplified representation of natural diversity. One such simplification can be based on functional traits, as functionally similar species may provide a similar contribution to ecosystem level ...
Marcia R Rocha +2 more
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Traits with ecological functions [PDF]
Annals of Botany, 2012 Individual plant species thrive in specific environments, some growing well across a wide area, others being restricted to survival in very narrow ecological niches. Within a niche, a species must compete for space, light and other resources with the same and other species. Many decades of work on crops has advanced our understanding of characteristics
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