Inbreeding depression in conifers: Implications for breeding strategy

Forest Science

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 102-117

  Williams, Claire G ^a   Savolainen, Outi ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

deleterious alleles; experimental inbred populations; genetics; plant breeding; Selling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029810627     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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