Effects of pollen quantity on progeny vigor: Evidence from the desert mustard Lesquerella fendleri

Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1679-1684

  Mitchell, Randall J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Brassicaceae; Gametophytic selection; Pollen competition; Pollination intensity; Review

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA; BRASSICACEAE; LESQUERELLA FENDLERI;

EID: 0030777446     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1997.tb01490.x     Document Type: Article

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