The different forms of flowers - What have we learned since Darwin?: Invited review

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 249-261

  Weller, Stephen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Distyly; Heteromorphic self incompatibility; Heterostyly; Homomorphic multi allelic self incompatibility; Inbreeding depression; Reciprocal herkogamy; Tristyly

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANGIOSPERM; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; POLLINATION; POLYMORPHISM; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SELF INCOMPATIBILITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 68249089515     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00984.x     Document Type: Review

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