Clonal plasticity and diversity facilitates the adaptation of Rhododendron aureum Georgi to alpine environment

Xiaolong Wang; Wei Zhao; Lin Li; Jian You; Biao Ni; Xia Chen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0197089

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Clonal plasticity and diversity facilitates the adaptation of Rhododendron aureum Georgi to alpine environment

Xiaolong Wang,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations National & Local United Engineering Laboratory for Chinese Herbal Medicine Breeding and Cultivation, School of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin province, People’s Republic of China, Department of Biochemistry, Qiqihar Medical University, Qiqihar, Heilongjiang province, China
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Wei Zhao,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National & Local United Engineering Laboratory for Chinese Herbal Medicine Breeding and Cultivation, School of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin province, People’s Republic of China
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Lin Li,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations National & Local United Engineering Laboratory for Chinese Herbal Medicine Breeding and Cultivation, School of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin province, People’s Republic of China, Department of Biochemistry, Qiqihar Medical University, Qiqihar, Heilongjiang province, China
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Jian You,

Roles Investigation, Validation

Affiliation National & Local United Engineering Laboratory for Chinese Herbal Medicine Breeding and Cultivation, School of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin province, People’s Republic of China
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Biao Ni,

Roles Methodology, Visualization

Affiliation National & Local United Engineering Laboratory for Chinese Herbal Medicine Breeding and Cultivation, School of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin province, People’s Republic of China
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Xia Chen

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: chenxiajlu@163.com

Affiliation National & Local United Engineering Laboratory for Chinese Herbal Medicine Breeding and Cultivation, School of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin province, People’s Republic of China

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1914-5157

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Clonal plasticity and diversity facilitates the adaptation of Rhododendron aureum Georgi to alpine environment

Xiaolong Wang,
Wei Zhao,
Lin Li,
Jian You,
Biao Ni,
Xia Chen

Published: May 10, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197089

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