Fine-scale comparisons of genetic variability in seed families of asexually and sexually reproducing Crataegus (Hawthorn; Rosaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1014-1024

  Lo, Eugenia Y Y ^a,b   Stefanović, Saša ^b   Ritland, Kermit ^c   Dickinson, Timothy A ^b,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apomixis; Embryo genotypes; Family genetic structure; Fecundity; Microsatellite; Outcrossing; Pollen flow; Polyploidy; Progeny array; Rosaceae

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; DICOTYLEDON; FECUNDITY; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; OUTCROSSING; PLOIDY; POLLEN; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

CRATAEGUS; CRATAEGUS CRUS-GALLI; CRATAEGUS PUNCTATA; ROSACEAE;

EID: 77953501689     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0900091     Document Type: Article

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