Polyploidy and self-fertilization in flowering plants

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1527-1533

  Barringer, Brian C ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Comparative analysis; Flowering plants; Inbreeding depression; Mating systems; Phylogenetically independent contrasts; Polyploidy; Self fertilization

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; AUTOGAMY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENOME; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYPLOIDY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 34548659868     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.94.9.1527     Document Type: Article

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