Direct and indirect responses to selection on pollen size in Brassica rapa L.

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 456-468

  Sarkissian, T S ^a   Harder, L D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial selection; Brassica rapa; Correlated responses; Floral traits; Heritability; Pollen size; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

POLLEN; SELECTION; SIZE EFFECT;

EID: 0034964757     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2001.00285.x     Document Type: Article

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