S-allele diversity suggests no mate limitation in small populations of a self-incompatible plant

Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2922-2928

  Holderegger, Rolf ^a   Häner, Raphael ^a   Csencsics, Daniela ^a   Angelone, Sonia ^a   Hoebee, Susan E ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Gametophytic self incompatibility; Inbreeding; Microsatellites; Pyrus pyraster; Rare species

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DISPERSAL; FRUIT; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING; MATE LOCATION; POLLEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SIZE; RARE SPECIES; SELF INCOMPATIBILITY; WILD POPULATION;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CROSS BREEDING; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INBREEDING; PEAR; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SWITZERLAND;

ALTITUDE; CROSSES, GENETIC; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; INBREEDING; PLANT PROTEINS; POPULATION DENSITY; PYRUS; SWITZERLAND;

PYRUS; PYRUS PYRASTER;

EID: 54849434229     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00498.x     Document Type: Article

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