Can females benefit from selfing avoidance? Genetic associations and the evolution of plant gender

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1432, 1999, Pages 1967-1973

  Schultz, Stewart T ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Dioecy; Gynodioecy; Inbreeding depression; Mutation; Outcrossing; Selfing

Indexed keywords

DIOECY; EVOLUTION; GYNODIOECY; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; PLANT;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SELECTION; HERMAPHRODITISM; HIGHER PLANT; INBREEDING; MALE STERILITY; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EMBRYOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0033533775     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0874     Document Type: Article

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