Inbreeding and inbreeding depression in a threatened endemic plant, the African violet (Saintpaulia ionantha ssp. grotei), of the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 576-587

  Kolehmainen, Johanna ^a   Korpelainen, Helena ^b   Mutikainen, Pia ^c  

^a Tulisuontie 4 G 79   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Enantiostyly; Inbreeding; Inbreeding depression; Mixed mating; Saintpaulia; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; FITNESS; GENETIC MARKER; HERB; HETEROZYGOSITY; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; LIFE CYCLE; MULTIPLE MATING; SURVIVAL;

TANGA [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA; USAMBARA MOUNTAINS;

EID: 77955807779     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2009.01141.x     Document Type: Article

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