Sex-ratio variation and spatial distribution of nuclear and cytoplasmic sex-determining genes in gynodioecious thymus praecox across altitudinal gradients

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-42

  Landergott, Urs ^a   Schneller, J Jakob ^a   Holderegger, Rolf ^b   Thompson, John D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Cost of restoration; Cytoplasmic male sterility; Ecological gradient; Gynodioecy; Local adaptation; Nuclear cytoplasmic interactions; Offspring sex ratio

Indexed keywords

THYMUS PRAECOX;

EID: 69249238667     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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