Pollen-tube competition and male fitness in Hibiscus moscheutos

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1866-1870

  Snow, Allison A ^a,b   Spira, Timothy P ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental stress; gametophytic selection; genetic marker; male fitness; nonrandom fertilization; paternity; pollen tube competition; pollination

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HIBISCUS; HIBISCUS MOSCHEUTOS; MALVACEAE;

MALE FITNESS; POLLEN-TUBE COMPETITION; POLLINATION;

EID: 0029659223     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb03573.x     Document Type: Article

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