Testing why the sex of the maternal parent affects seedling survival in a gynodioecious species

Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 231-239

  Delph, Lynda F ^a   Mutikainen, Pia ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fitness; Gametophytic selection; Gynodioecy; Negative pleiotropy; Nuclear restorers; Seed size

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; GYNODIOECY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL;

ACAULIS; SILENE; SILENE ACAULIS;

EID: 0037297393     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb00258.x     Document Type: Article

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