The effect of inbreeding and population hybridization on developmental instability in petals and leaves of the rare plant Silene diclinis (Caryophyllaceae)

Heredity

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 138-144

  Waldmann, Patrik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conservation; Developmental instability; Inbreeding; Population hybridization; Silene diclinis

Indexed keywords

HYBRIDIZATION; PLANT GENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS;

ASYMMETRY; HYBRIDIZATION; INBREEDING; SURVIVAL;

SILENE DICLINIS;

EID: 0032862635     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.1999.00545.x     Document Type: Article

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