Comparative studies of the divergence of quantitative traits and neutral molecular markers,
known as Q ST–F ST comparisons, provide a means for researchers to distinguish between …

Approximately 500 species of plants are known to hyperaccumulate heavy metals and
metalloids. The majority are obligate metallophytes, species that are restricted to …

Background Microsatellite markers are widely used for estimating genetic diversity within
and differentiation among populations. However, it has rarely been tested whether such …

The maintenance of ion homeostasis in plant cells is a fundamental physiological
requirement for sustainable plant growth, development and production. Plants exposed to …

In the course of evolution, plants adapted to widely differing metal availabilities in soils and
therefore represent an important source of natural variation of metal homeostasis networks …

Mineral nutrition is one of the key factors determining plant productivity. In plants, metal
homeostasis is achieved through the functioning of a complex system governing metal …

Hyperaccumulation and hypertolerance of Trace Metal Elements (TME) like Cd and Zn are
highly variable in pseudo-metallophytes species. In this study we compared the impact of …

Among heavy metal plants (the metallophytes), facultative species can live both in soils
contaminated by an excess of heavy metals and in non-affected sites. In contrast, obligate …

Certain molecular mechanisms of Cd tolerance and accumulation have been identified in
the model species Arabidopsis halleri, while intraspecific variability of these traits and the …

Arabidopsis halleri is a model plant investigated for Zn and Cd hyperaccumulation. In this
work, A. halleri plants from metallicolous origin exposed to Cd and Zn were studied using an …