The genetic mechanism of sex determination in the androdioecious flowering plant, Datisca glomerata (Datiscaceae)

Heredity

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 190-204

  Wolf, Diana E ^a   Rieseberg, Loren H ^a   Spencer, Stanley C ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

androdioecy; breeding system; Datisca glomerata; Datiscaceae; sex determination

Indexed keywords

DATISCA GLOMERATA; DATISCACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0031040859     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1997.27     Document Type: Article

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