Pollination genetics: Using molecular genetic underlying floral traits to study pollination ecology in an evolutionary context

Israel Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 141-149

  Sapir, Yuval ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Floral evolution; Flower color; Gene expression; Insect behavior; Path analysis; Pollination ecology; Pollinator mediated selection; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; PATH ANALYSIS; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 71049157973     PISSN: 07929978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/IJPS.57.3.141     Document Type: Article

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