PREMISE OF THE STUDY Darwin first proposed that species with larger ecological breadth have greater phenotypic variation. We tested this hypothesis by comparing intraspecific variation in specific leaf area (SLA) to species' local elevational range and by assessing how external (abiotic) filters may influence observed differences in ecological breadth among species. Understanding the patterns o...

The sedimentation coefficients of three proteins, which appeared homogeneous in the ultracentrifuge, have been determined at different rotor velocities. Two of the proteins, ovalbumin and human gamma-globulin, showed sedimentation coefficients that were approx. 10% higher at rotor velocities below 20000rev./min. than at 56100rev./min. The third protein, haemocyanin of Jasus lalandii, could not ...

in order to determinate appropriate stability parameters, six statistics were studied for flower yield stability of 35 rosa damascena landraces in 8 locations over two years (2007-8) in iran, using a randomized complete blocks design with 3 replications. a positive correlation between environmental variance (s2) and flower yield suggested that only low yield landraces develop a similar phenotyp...

Understanding variation of plant nutrients is largely limited to nitrogen and to a lesser extent phosphorus. Here we analyse patterns of variation in 11 elements (nitrogen/phosphorus/potassium/calcium/magnesium/sulphur/silicon/iron/sodium/manganese/aluminium) in leaves of 1900 plant species across China. The concentrations of these elements show significant latitudinal and longitudinal trends, ...