Outbreeding depression in the fern Asplenium ruta-muraria L.: Evidence from, enzyme electrophoresis, meiotic irregularities and reduced spore viability

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 281-295

  Schneller, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autopolyploidy; Colonization; Ecology; Inbreeding; Local adaptation; Pteridophyta; Regulation of meiosis

Indexed keywords

ASPLENIUM RUTA-MURARIA;

EID: 0030461722     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1996.tb01467.x     Document Type: Article

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