Paternal effects on functional gender account for cryptic dioecy in a perennial plant

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1552, 2004, Pages 2017-2023

  Verdú, Miguel ^a   Montilla, Ana I ^b   Pannell, John R ^c  

^a CDIS UV Generalitat Valenciana)   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryptic dioecy; Gynodioecy; Hermaphroditism; Inbreeding depression; Sex allocation

Indexed keywords

DIOECY; GYNODIOECY; HERMAPHRODITE; PATERNAL EFFECT; SEX ALLOCATION;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; GYNODIOECY; HERMAPHRODITISM; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; MALE; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PARENT; PLANT; PLANT REPRODUCTION; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX ALLOCATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; FRAXINUS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEEDLING;

FRAXINUS ORNUS;

FRAXINUS; GERMINATION; REPRODUCTION; SEEDLING; SEEDS;

EID: 7944234945     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2836     Document Type: Article

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