Flexible mating: Cross-pollination affects sex-expression in a marine clonal plant

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1096-1105

  Hammerli A ^a,b   Reusch, T B H ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonal plant; Eelgrass; Flexible mating; Hermaphrodite; Inbreeding; Self incompatibility; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

CLONAL GROWTH; HERMAPHRODITE; INBREEDING; POLLINATION; SEAGRASS; SELF INCOMPATIBILITY; SEX ALLOCATION;

EVOLUTION; FLOWERS; HERMAPHRODITISM; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION; ZOSTERACEAE;

HALOPHILA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ZOSTERA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 0043050312     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00626.x     Document Type: Article

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