Stabilizing selection and the structural variability of flowers within species

Annals of Botany

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 463-473

  Cresswell, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flowers; Pollination; Stabilizing selection; Variation

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FLOWER STRUCTURE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIAITON; POLLEN TRANSFER; POLLINATION; SELECTION;

EID: 0031954668     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1998.0594     Document Type: Article

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