Seed dormancy and frequency dependent selection due to sib competition: The effect of age specific gene expression

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-17

  Lundberg, Sigfrid ^a   Nilsson, Patric ^a   Fagerström, Torbjörn ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC SELECTION; GERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030574244     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0196     Document Type: Article

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