Using mimulus as a model system to understand the role of inbreeding in conservation: Genetic and ecological approaches

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 36-51

  Dudash, Michele R ^a   Murren, Courtney J ^a   Carr, David E ^b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endangered species; Inbreeding; Inbreeding depression; Invasive species; Mimulus; Opportunistic plasticity; Phenotypic plasticity; Restoration

Indexed keywords

EID: 20144363577     PISSN: 00266493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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