Pollen competition as a unilateral reproductive barrier between sympatric diploid and tetraploid Chamerion angustifolium

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1509, 2002, Pages 2565-2571

  Husband, Brian C ^a   Schemske, Douglas W ^b,c   Burton, Tracy L ^a,d   Goodwillie, Carol ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Hybridization; Prezygotic barrier; Reproductive isolation; Speciation

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENE FLOW; POLLEN; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ARTICLE; DIPLOIDY; FERTILIZATION; GAMETOPHYTE; GENE FLOW; KOCHIA SCOPARIA; PISTIL; PLANT REPRODUCTION; POLLINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TETRAPLOIDY; WEED;

BASSIA SCOPARIA; CHAMERION; CHAMERION ANGUSTIFOLIUM; KOCHIA; SCOPARIA;

EID: 0037160233     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2196     Document Type: Article

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