Genetic structure and outcrossing rates in Flourensia cernua (Asteraceae) growing at different densities in the South-western Chihuahuan Desert

Annals of Botany

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 419-426

  Ferrer, Miriam M ^a   Eguiarte, Luis E ^b   Montaña, Carlos ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Density; Flourensia cernua; Genetic structure; Genetic variability; Heterozygosity excess; Outcrossing rates; Self incompatibility

Indexed keywords

GENETIC STRUCTURE; OUTCROSSING;

ARIDA; FLOURENSIA CERNUA;

ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CROSS BREEDING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HETEROZYGOTE; POPULATION GENETICS;

ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTERACEAE; CROSSES, GENETIC; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HETEROZYGOTE; MODELS, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 16544369457     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mch159     Document Type: Article

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