Evolution and maintenance of pollen-colour dimorphisms in Nigella degenii: Habitat-correlated variation and morph-by-environment interactions

New Phytologist

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 487-498

  Jorgensen, Tove Hedegaard ^a   Andersson, Stefan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cyclades; Genetic correlation; Genotype environment interaction; Nigella degenii; Pleiotropy; Pollen colour; Ranunculaceae

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; DIMORPHISM; DROUGHT STRESS; EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; MORTALITY RISK; NUTRIENT LOSS; PALYNOLOGY; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; SUBSPECIES;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NIGELLA; NIGELLA DEGENII; RANUNCULACEAE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GREECE; NIGELLA; PIGMENTATION; POLLEN; POPULATION GENETICS;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GREECE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NIGELLA; PIGMENTATION; POLLEN; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 32944477929     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01525.x     Document Type: Article

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