Evolution of genome size in pines (Pinus) and its life-history correlates: Supertree analyses

Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1705-1729

  Grotkopp, Eva ^a   Rejmánek, Marcel ^a   Sanderson, Michael J ^a   Rost, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Growth analysis; Invasiveness; Latitude; Nucleotypic effect; Phylogenetically independent contrasts; Seed size

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; GENOME; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYLOGENY;

EMBRYOPHYTA; PINUS; STROBUS;

EID: 4344631970     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb00456.x     Document Type: Article

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