The evolutionary maintenance of sexual reproduction: Evidence from the ecological distribution of asexual reproduction in clonal plants

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 157-168

  Silvertown, Jonathan ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apomixis; Aquatic plants; Clonal plants; Dispersal; Evolution of sex; Genotypic diversity

Indexed keywords

APOMIXIS; AQUATIC PLANT; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CLONAL ORGANISM; DISPERSAL; EUKARYOTE; GENOTYPE; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; VASCULAR PLANT;

EUKARYOTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 38949182937     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/523357     Document Type: Article

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