Fluctuating asymmetry in a Salix hybrid system: The importance of genetic versus environmental causes

Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 408-416

  Hochwender, Cris G ^a   Fritz, Robert S ^a  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental instability; Environmental stress; Fluctuating asymmetry; Genomic coadaptation; Heterozygosity; Hybridization; Salix

Indexed keywords

FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; HYBRID; HYBRIDIZATION; PLANT GENETICS; STRESS TOLERANCE;

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; HYBRIDIZATION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PATHOGEN;

SALIX;

EID: 0033004855     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1999.tb03776.x     Document Type: Article

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