Sporophytic inbreeding depression in mosses occurs in a species with separate sexes but not in a species with combined sexes

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1853-1859

  Taylor, Philip J ^a   Eppley, Sarah M ^a,b   Jesson, Linley K ^a,c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ceratodon purpureus; Funaria hygrometrica; Gender dimorphism; Inbreeding depression; Moss; Sexual system; Sporophytes

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; EVOLUTION; GAMETOPHYTE; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; MOSS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPOROPHYTE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; CERATODON; CERATODON PURPUREUS; DITRICHACEAE; FUNARIA HYGROMETRICA; FUNARIACEAE;

EID: 36248990162     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.94.11.1853     Document Type: Article

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