Life history traits in selfing versus outcrossing annuals: Exploring the 'time-limitation' hypothesis for the fitness benefit of self-pollination

BMC Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Snell, Rebecca ^a   Aarssen, Lonnie W ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

ASTERACEAE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BORAGINACEAE; BRASSICACEAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FABACEAE; FLOWER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ASTERACEAE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BORAGINACEAE; BRASSICACEAE; FABACEAE; FLOWERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 17444402919     PISSN: 14726785     EISSN: 14726785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-5-2     Document Type: Article

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