The relationship between flower size, inbreeding coefficient and inferred selfing rate in British Euphrasia species

Heredity

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-51

  French, G C ^a,b   Ennos, R A ^b   Silverside, A J ^c   Hollingsworth, P M ^a  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding system; Conservation genetics; Fis; Microsatellites; Taxonomic complexity

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AUTOGAMY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; FLOWER; INBREEDING; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

ARTICLE; EUPHRASIA; FLOWER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INBREEDING; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLOIDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EUPHRASIA; FLOWERS; GREAT BRITAIN; INBREEDING; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHENOTYPE; PLOIDIES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUPHRASIA;

EID: 11144322178     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800553     Document Type: Article

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