Mixed genetic and environmental sex determination in an androdioecious population of Mercurialis annua

Heredity

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 50-56

  Pannell, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

androdioecy; dioecy; reproductive assurance; sex change; sex choice; sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

MERCURIALIS ANNUA;

EID: 0031029864     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1997.6     Document Type: Article

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