Heritability of nectar production in Echium vulgare

Heredity

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 446-451

  Leiss, K A ^a   Vrieling, K ^a   Klinkhamer, P G L ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Costs; Echium vulgare; Heritability; Nectar production

Indexed keywords

NECTAR;

ARTICLE; CROSS BREEDING; CROSSING OVER; ECHIUM; FLOWER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

CROSSES, GENETIC; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; ECHIUM; FLOWERS; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ECHIUM; ECHIUM VULGARE;

EID: 2542449514     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800439     Document Type: Article

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