Inbreeding depression in dioecious populations of the plant Mercurialis annua: Comparisons between outcrossed progeny and the progeny of self-fertilized feminized males

Heredity

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 600-608

  Eppley, S M ^a,b   Pannell, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dioecy; Inbreeding depression; Mercurialis annua; Outbreeding depression; Outcrossing; Sexual system

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; DIOECY; FITNESS; HERMAPHRODITISM; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; OUTCROSSING; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; GENETICS; INBREEDING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANGIOSPERMS; CROSSES, GENETIC; INBREEDING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

MERCURIALIS ANNUA;

EID: 67349169476     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2009.21     Document Type: Article

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