Pollen competition as an asymmetric reproductive barrier between two closely related Silene species

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1937-1943

  Rahme J ^a   Widmer, A ^a   Karrenberg, S ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conspecific pollen advantage; Pollen competition; Reproductive barrier; Silene dioica; Silene latifolia; Siring success

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CONSPECIFIC; DIVERGENCE; GENE FLOW; HYBRID; HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLLEN; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SEED SET;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE FLOW; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYBRIDIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLINATION; SILENE;

GENE FLOW; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; POLLINATION; SEEDS; SILENE;

SILENE; SILENE DIOICA; SILENE LATIFOLIA;

EID: 69249174124     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01803.x     Document Type: Article

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