When genes go to sleep: The population genetic consequences of seed dormancy and monocarpic perenniality

American Naturalist

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 295-311

  Vitalis, Renaud ^a,b,d   Glémin, Sylvain ^a,c,e   Olivieri, Isabelle ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^c Stn Genet Amelioration des Plantes   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

1BD probabilities; Age structure; Effective size; F statistics; Monocarpy; Seed banks

Indexed keywords

DORMANCY; PLANT; POPULATION GENETICS; SEED;

AGE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; GENETICS, POPULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EMBRYOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 1542542759     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381041     Document Type: Review

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