Genome size, quantitative genetics and the genomic basis for flower size evolution in Silene latifolia

Annals of Botany

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 247-254

  Meagher, Thomas R ^a   Gillies, Amanda C M ^a   Costich, Denise E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

Author keywords

AFLP; Evolutionary genomics; Floral evolution; Genome size; QTL; Quantitative genetics; Silene latifolia

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FLORAL TRAIT; GENETICS; GENOME;

SILENE; SILENE LATIFOLIA;

PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CROSS BREEDING; EVOLUTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLOWER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOME; HISTOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SILENE;

CELL NUCLEUS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLOWERS; GENOME, PLANT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SELECTION (GENETICS); SILENE;

EID: 21644485468     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mci018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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