Selfed embryo death in Pinus taeda: A phenotypic profile

New Phytologist

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 210-222

  Williams, Claire G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conifers; Diplohaplontic life cycle; Embryo lethal system; Gametophytes; Inbreeding depression; Polyembryony; Programmed cell death; Selfing

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; CONIFEROUS TREE; EMBRYO; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GAMETOPHYTE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; MODELING; MORTALITY; PHENOTYPE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FERTILIZATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; INBREEDING; LOBLOLLY PINE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME;

FERTILIZATION; INBREEDING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; PINUS TAEDA; SEEDS; SELECTION (GENETICS); TIME FACTORS;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINACEAE; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 40349091343     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02359.x     Document Type: Article

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