We analyzed the 501 morphological traits, including cell shape, actin, and nuclear DNA morphology, as previously described [ 6].
The agronomic traits of ABL evaluated in the field and laboratory showed that most of the morphological traits, including plant type and grain quality, were similar to those of the recurrent parent, Mangeumbyeo (Table 4).
Humans outside of Africa are missing many genetic variants found only in Africans and, indeed, the farther a traditional group lives from Africa, the less diversity it has in its genes and morphological traits, including skull shape (Science, 6 January 1995, p. 35).
As anthropological studies have used dental morphological traits, including the Carabelli trait, in assessing trends in human populations, interesting geographic and temporal patterns have emerged.
In adults, one of the most important traits for affecting an escape from a predator is jumping, the jump length being related to morphological traits including leg length [14], [15], [16], and indirect evidence suggests that jumping ability does decrease predation risk [17], [18], [19].
Moreover, rice species display a wide range of morphological traits (including panicle complexity) as well as their ecological habitat and their tolerance to abiotic and biotic stresses.
Fourteen morphological traits included vegetative traits, flowering development, and rhizome characteristics data were recorded during March 2011 to September 2011 for four varieties of C. alismatifolia (Table 2).
Leaf and root morphological and physiological traits including; midday relative water content, midday leaf (xylem) water potential, shoot dry weight and growth, total leaf area, leaf size, total leaf dry weight, specific leaf area, leaf greenness (SPAD), stomatal size and density, root and leaf nitrogen content and chlorophyll fluorescence were measured throughout the study.
Repeated formation of new species (speciation), change within species (anagenesis), and loss of species (extinction) throughout the evolutionary history of life on Earth can be inferred from shared sets of morphological and biochemical traits, including shared DNA sequences.
To date, ∼700 rice genes controlling various morphological and physiological traits, including resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses, have been functionally characterized.
Ploidy affects many morphological and fitness traits, including stomatal size, flower size, and seed weight, whereas hybridization between the ecotypes leads to altered expression of central circadian clock genes and increased starch and chlorophyll content, biomass, and seed weight.
