The evolution of flower allometry in selfing species

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1217-1227

  Ushimaru, Atushi ^a,c   Nakata, Kensuke ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI INSTITUTE OF APPLIED SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Filament stigma correlation; Flower allometry; Outcrossing; Selfing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042849072     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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