Complex sex determination in the stinging nettle Urtica dioica

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 635-649

  Glawe, Grit A ^a   de Jong, Tom J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dioecy; Dominance; Genetics; Monoecy; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; AUTOGAMY; DICOTYLEDON; DIOECY; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HERITABILITY; MONOECY; SEX DETERMINATION;

URTICA DIOICA;

EID: 70349696862     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-008-9261-5     Document Type: Article

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