Cryptic sex within male-sterile polyploid populations of the Easter daisy, Townsendia hookeri

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 183-193

  Thompson, Stacey Lee ^a,c   Choe, Gina ^b   Ritland, Kermit ^b   Whitton, Jeannette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agamospermy; Apomixis; Asexual reproduction; Polyploidy; Recombination; Sexuality rate; Townsendia hookeri

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; APOMIXIS; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; EVOLUTION; GENOME; MORPHOLOGY; POLYPLOIDY; REPRODUCTION;

TOWNSENDIA HOOKERI;

EID: 38949200900     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/523363     Document Type: Article

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