Developmental instability and within-population variation in sex expression by andromonoecious Euphorbia xanti

Oikos

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 107-114

  Kiflawi, Moshe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; INSTABILITY; SEX ALLOCATION;

EUPHORBIA XANTI;

EID: 0034030394     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.890111.x     Document Type: Article

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