Ecological genetics of sex ratios in plant populations

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1552, 2010, Pages 2549-2557

  Barrett, Spencer C H ^a   Yakimowski, Sarah B ^a   Field, David L ^a   Pickup, Melinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dioecy; Frequency dependent selection; Non equilibrium conditions; Sex ratios

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIOECY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; GENETIC MARKER; HERMAPHRODITE; POPULATION GENETICS; SEX RATIO;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; PLANT; POPULATION GENETICS; SEX RATIO; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEX RATIO; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77956487334     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0002     Document Type: Article

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