Increased selfing and correlated paternity in a small population of a predominantly outcrossing conifer, Pinus sylvestris

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2567-2577

  Robledo Arnuncio, J J ^a,b   Alia R ^b,c   Gil, L ^a,d  

^a Technical University of Madrid   (Spain)

^b INIA   (Spain)

^c Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mating system; Pinus sylvestris; Pollen dispersal; Population size

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETICS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; SCOTS PINE; SPAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; POLLEN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 4344619774     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02251.x     Document Type: Article

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