Abstract
Human activities have altered the composition of the atmosphere on both a local and global scale (Chapter 4, this volume). For many plant species, these environmental changes represent a novel stress to which they may or may not adapt. The alternatives to adaptation include range reduction and local or global extinction. The capacity of plant populations to adapt to an environmental stress is considerably influenced by several aspects of their genetic system. Adaptation can only occur if the population possesses or generates heritable genetic variation influencing fitness in the new environment. During the period of adaptation, phenotypic characteristics of the population (such as plant health and density) will also be influenced by the frequency and pleiotropic effects of the genes being selected. The purpose of this paper is to consider these genetic issues. It does not include a comprehensive review of the literature on the genetics of pollution resistance, but rather compares the various approaches which can be taken to characterize the genetics of resistance in natural populations.
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Roose, M.L. (1991). Genetics of Response to Atmospheric Pollutants. In: Taylor, G.E., Pitelka, L.F., Clegg, M.T. (eds) Ecological Genetics and Air Pollution. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3060-1_6
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