Inbreeding effects on progeny sex ratio and gender variation in the gynodioecious Silene vulgaris (Caryophyllaceae)

New Phytologist

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 763-773

  Glaettli, Mélanie ^a,b   Goudet, Jérôme ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gynodioecy; Inbreeding depression; Local mate competition; Partial male sterility; Sex ratio; Silene vulgaris

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; FERTILITY; GENDER DISPARITY; GYNODIOECY; HERMAPHRODITE; INBREEDING; PLANT; SEX RATIO;

ARTICLE; FERTILITY; GENDER AND SEX; GENETICS; HERMAPHRODITISM; INBREEDING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SILENE;

FERTILITY; HERMAPHRODITISM; INBREEDING; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX RATIO; SILENE;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

CARYOPHYLLACEAE; SILENE; SILENE VULGARIS;

EID: 33750609484     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01866.x     Document Type: Article

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