Loss of sex in clonal populations of a flowering plant, Decodon verticillatus (Lythraceae)

Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1079-1092

  Eckert, Christopher G ^b   Dorken, Marcel E ^a,b   Mitchell, Stacy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asexuality; Clonal reproduction; Mutation; Plant reproductive strategies; Sexuality; Swamp loosestrife; Trait loss

Indexed keywords

CLONAL GROWTH; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLOWERING PLANT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

DECODON VERTICILLATUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; LYSIMACHIA; LYTHRACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0032835509     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1999.tb04523.x     Document Type: Article

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