Evidence for natural selection in a fern hybrid zone

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1168-1174

  Kentner, Edward K ^a,b   Mesler, Michael R ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

cpDNA; Dryopteridaceae; Ferns; Hybridization; Polystichum; Pteridophytes

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA; FERN; HYBRID; HYBRID ZONE; ISOENZYME; LIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SPORE; UNITED STATES;

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FERN; HYBRID ZONE; NATURAL SELECTION;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DRYOPTERIDACEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; FILICOPHYTA; POLYSTICHUM; POLYSTICHUM IMBRICANS; POLYSTICHUM MUNITUM; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 0033836346     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2656653     Document Type: Article

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