Does selfing or outcrossing promote local adaptation?

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 298-302

  Hereford, Joe ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS CENTER   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Fitness; Genotype by environment interaction; Meta analysis; Natural selection; Reciprocal transplant; Selfcompatibility

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; OUTCROSSING; PLANT COMMUNITY; SELF INCOMPATIBILITY;

EID: 76349116771     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0900224     Document Type: Article

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