Mating strategies in flowering plants: The outcrossing-selfing paradigm and beyond

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1434, 2003, Pages 991-1004

  Barrett, Spencer C H ^a   Richards, A J ^b   Bayliss, M W ^c   Charlesworth, D ^d   Abbott, R J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Biotechnology Department of Botany   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Floral design; Floral display; Geitonogamy; Gender strategies; Outcrossing; Pollen dispersal; Selfing

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; AUTOGAMY; EVOLUTION; LIFE HISTORY; OUTCROSSING; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

ANIMALIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0038304507     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1301     Document Type: Conference Paper

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