Paternal leakage sustains the cytoplasmic polymorphism underlying gynodioecy but remains invasible by nuclear restorers

American Naturalist

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 592-602

  Wade, Michael J ^a   McCauley, David E ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytonuclear polymorphism; Gynodioecy; Maternal inheritance; Paternal leakage; Stable equilibrium

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM; HERMAPHRODITE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PLANT; POLYMORPHISM;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; FLOWERING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; PLANT;

CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; FLOWERING TOPS; MODELS, GENETIC; PLANTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 27744561622     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/491660     Document Type: Article

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