Sex inheritance in gynodioecious species: A polygenic view

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1574, 2005, Pages 1795-1802

  Ehlers, Bodil K ^a   Maurice, Sandrine ^b   Bataillon, Thomas ^a,c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c SupAgro 2 Place P Viala Domaine de Melgueil   (France)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic male sterility; Quantitative threshold model; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; COEXISTENCE; GYNODIOECY; SEX DETERMINATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GYNODIOECY; HEREDITY; INHERITANCE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENETICS; PLANTAGO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SILENE; THYME;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PLANTAGO CORONOPUS; SILENE VULGARIS; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 26244433277     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3168     Document Type: Article

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