Patterns of sex ratio variation and genetic diversity in the dioecious forest perennial Mercurialis perennis

Plant Ecology

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-114

  Vandepitte, Katrien ^a   Honnay, Olivier ^a   de Meyer, Tim ^c   Jacquemyn, Hans ^a   Roldán Ruiz, Isabel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

AFLP; Chance events; Genetic differentiation; Genotypic diversity; Mercurialis perennis; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE; HERB; MALE BEHAVIOR; PERENNIAL PLANT; POLYMORPHISM; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

MERCURIALIS PERENNIS;

EID: 72249093723     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-009-9627-y     Document Type: Article

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