The loss of sex in plants

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 4-6, 2001, Pages 501-520

  Eckert, Christopher G ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asexuality; Clonal reproduction; Genotypic diversity; Mutation; Peripheral populations; Range limits; Sexual sterility; Trait loss

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CLONAL GROWTH; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

EID: 0035556367     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016005519651     Document Type: Conference Paper

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