Do recent findings in plant mitochondrial molecular and population genetics have implications for the study of gynodioecy and cytonuclear conflict?

Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1013-1025

  McCauley, David E ^a   Olson, Matthew S ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

CMS; Genetic conflict; Gynomonoecy; Heteroplasmy; Mitochondrial DNA; Mitochondrial inheritance; Paternal leakage; Substoichiometric shifting

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENOME; GYNODIOECY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PATERNAL EFFECT; PLANT; POPULATION GENETICS;

CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

CELL NUCLEUS; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETICS, POPULATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PLANTS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 43049083397     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00363.x     Document Type: Review

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