Microsatellite evidence of facultative outcrossing in cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum): Implications for the evolution of invasiveness

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 197-204

  Ashley, Michael C ^a   Longland, William S ^a,b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Heterozygosity; Invasiveness; Microsatellite; Mixed mating

Indexed keywords

BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM;

EID: 35948979697     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: 14421984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-1984.2007.00192.x     Document Type: Article

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