The population genetics of sporophytic self-incompatibility in Senecio squalidus L. (Asteraceae): Avoidance of mating constraints imposed by low S-allele number

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1434, 2003, Pages 1047-1050

  Brennan, Adrian C ^a   Harris, Stephen A ^a   Hiscock, Simon J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mate availability; Population bottleneck; S allele; Senecio squalidus; Sporophytic self incompatibility

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION GENETICS; SELF INCOMPATIBILITY;

ASTERACEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; SENECIO; SENECIO SQUALIDUS; SQUALIDUS;

EID: 0037967254     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1300     Document Type: Conference Paper

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