Recent advances in the study of gynodioecy: The interface of theory and empiricism

Annals of Botany

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 611-620

  McCauley, David E ^a   Bailey, Maia F ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PROVIDENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding system; Cytoplasmic male sterility; Genetic conflict; Gynodioecy; Inbreeding; Population structure; Restoration; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; COEXISTENCE; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; GYNODIOECY; HERMAPHRODITE; INBREEDING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX RATIO; SPATIAL VARIATION; STERILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; INBREEDING; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW;

EVOLUTION; FLOWERS; INBREEDING; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 69249212297     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp141     Document Type: Review

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