Parental effects on seed mass: Seed coat but not embryo/endosperm effects

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1617-1620

  Lacey, Elizabeth P ^a   Smith, Sara ^a   Case, Andrea L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Parental (maternal) effects; Parental temperature; Plantaginaccae; Plantago lanceolata; Seed mass

Indexed keywords

PARTENTAL EFFECT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEED COAT; SEED MASS;

LANCEOLATA; PLANTAGINACEAE; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA;

EID: 0030775663     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2446624     Document Type: Article

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