Correlated effects of selection for flower size in Raphanus raphanistrum

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 160-166

  Lehtilä, Kari ^a   Holmén Bränn, Kristina ^b  

^a School of Life Sciences Södertörn University   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Artificial selection; Evolution of flower size; Genotypic correlation; Plant size; Raphanus raphanistrum; Trade off

Indexed keywords

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; SEED; SIZE DETERMINATION;

ARTIFICIAL SELECTION; GENETIC CORRELATION; PETAL SIZE; RAPHANUS RAPHANISTRUM;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

DICOTYLEDON; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; REPRODUCTION; TRADE-OFF;

DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT; FLOWERS; PLANTS; SEEDS;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; RAPHANUS RAPHANISTRUM; RAPHANUS SATIVUS;

EID: 34250329579     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B07-007     Document Type: Article

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