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Lesson 3: Species in the environmental complex

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McNaughton (1966): enzymatic connection <strong>in</strong> Typha<br />

latifolia<br />

http://plants.usda.gov/<br />

• Ano<strong>the</strong>r step closer to <strong>the</strong><br />

demonstrat<strong>in</strong>g actual genetic<br />

control for ecotypic variation<br />

of physiological differences.<br />

• Po<strong>in</strong>t Reyes: foggy coastal<br />

site.<br />

• Red Bluff: hot Sacramento<br />

Valley.<br />

• Collected dormant rhizomes<br />

from each site and placed <strong>in</strong><br />

common greenhouse.<br />

• Made plant extracts and<br />

collected 3 enzymes.<br />

• Subjected to <strong>the</strong> enzymes to<br />

heat stress of 50 ˚C for up to<br />

30 m<strong>in</strong>.<br />

• One of <strong>the</strong> critical enzymes<br />

(malate deydrogenase) from<br />

Red Bluff showed much<br />

higher activity with higher<br />

temperature.<br />

Fig. 3-9 , Barbour et al. 1999

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