Endosperm triploidy has a selective advantage during ongoing parental conflict by imprinting

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1549, 2004, Pages 1737-1743

  Stewart Cox, J A ^a   Britton, N F ^a   Mogie, M ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endosperm; Evolution; Imprinting; Parental conflict; Triploidy

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; PLOIDY; POPULATION GENETICS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ARTICLE; ENDOSPERM; GENETIC MODEL; GENOME IMPRINTING; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIPLOIDY;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 4243110484     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2783     Document Type: Article

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