The influence of environmental factors, the pollen : ovule ratio and seed bank persistence on molecular evolutionary rates in plants

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 302-308

  Whittle, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

18S ITS; Environment; Molecular evolutionary rate; Plants; Pollen : ovule ratio; Seed bank persistence

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; PERSISTENCE; PLANT; POLLEN; SEED BANK;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISASTER; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; LIGHT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLEN;

ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; LIGHT; MUTATION; NATURAL DISASTERS; OVUM; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; POLLEN; SEEDS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 33645070283     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.00977.x     Document Type: Article

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