Effect of flowering phenology on pollen flow distance and the consequences for spatial genetic structure within a population of Primula sieboldii (Primulaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 226-233

  Kitamoto, Naoko ^a   Ueno, Saneyoshi ^b   Takenaka, Akio ^c   Tsumura, Yoshihiko ^b   Washitani, Izumi ^d   Ohsawa, Ryo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bumblebee; Flowering time; Heterostyly; Mating model; Microsatellite; Nagano Prefecture; Paternity analysis; Primulaceae

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; GENETIC STRUCTURE; PHENOLOGY; POLLEN; POPULATION GENETICS;

ASIA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; NAGANO;

PRIMULA SIEBOLDII; PRIMULACEAE;

EID: 32544449277     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: 00029122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.93.2.226     Document Type: Article

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