Genetic structure of experimental populations and reproductive fitness in a heterocarpic plant Atriplex tatarica (Chenopodiaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1640-1649

  Mandák, Bohumil ^a   Bímová, Kateřina ^a,b   Plačková, Ivana ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Allele frequencies; Atriplex tatarica; Chenopodiaceae; Fitness; Heterozygosity; Salinity; Seed bank; Temperature

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; GERMINATION; HERB;

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX TATARICA;

EID: 33751250848     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: 00029122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.93.11.1640     Document Type: Article

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