Post-pollination mechanisms promoting outcrossing in a self-fertile conifer, Thuja plicata (Cupressaceae)

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 335-342

  O'Connell, Lisa M ^a,b   Ritland, Kermit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conifer; Cupressaceae; Embryonic lethals; Inbreeding depression; Polyembryony; Thuja plicata

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMES; SEED;

EMBRYO ABORTION; ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; OUTCROSSING; POLYEMBRYONY; POST-POLLINATION MECHANISMS;

FORESTRY;

AUTOGAMY; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; OUTCROSSING; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMES; POLLEN; POLLINATION; SOFTWOODS; TREES;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CONIFEROPHYTA; CUPRESSACEAE; THUJA; THUJA PLICATA;

EID: 18444412309     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b05-007     Document Type: Article

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