Founder effects and sex ratio in the gynodioecious Thymus vulgaris L.

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-72

  Manicacci, D ^a   Couvet, D ^b   Belhassen, E ^c   Gouyon, P H ^d   Atlan, A ^e  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^e INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic male sterility; Founder effects; Gynodioecy; Plant mitochondria; Sex ratio; Thymus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0030019073     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.1996.tb00291.x     Document Type: Article

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