Selection on reproductive characters: Floral morphology in Asclepias syriaca

Heredity

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 433-441

  Morgan, M T ^a,b   Schoen, D J ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asclepias syriaca; Hermaphrodite; Reproduction; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; FLORAL MORPHOLOGY; GENDER; SELECTION;

APOCYNACEAE; ASCLEPIADACEAE; ASCLEPIAS; ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA;

EID: 0030822628     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1997.178     Document Type: Article

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