Genetic rescue in interconnected populations of small and large size of the self-incompatible Ranunculus reptans

Heredity

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 437-443

  Willi, Y ^a,b   Fischer, M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genetic restoration; Heterosis; Interpopulation crossing experiment; Population size; Ranunculaceae; SI system

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; CONSERVATION GENETICS; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; OUTCROSSING; SELECTIVE BREEDING;

ARTICLE; CROSS BREEDING; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; POPULATION GENETICS; RANUNCULACEAE;

CROSSES, GENETIC; GENETICS, POPULATION; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; RANUNCULUS;

RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS FLAMMULA FILIFORMIS; RANUNCULUS REPTANS;

EID: 28344452016     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800732     Document Type: Article

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