The evolution of dioecy, heterodichogamy, and labile sex expression in Acer

Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2701-2719

  Renner, S S ^a   Beenken, L ^a   Grimm, G W ^b   Kocyan, A ^a   Ricklefs, R E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dioecy; Heterodichogamy; Inference of character evolution; Labile sex; Phenotypic plasticity; Sexual systems; Stochastic mapping of characters

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DICOTYLEDON; DIOECY; FLOWERING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEX ALLOCATION; STOCHASTICITY; SUBSPECIES;

ACER; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GENDER AND SEX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACER; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACER;

EID: 35748943484     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00221.x     Document Type: Review

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