The mixed mating system of the sea palm kelp Postelsia palmaeformis: Few costs to selfing

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1710, 2011, Pages 1347-1355

  Barner, Allison K ^a,b   Pfister, Catherine A ^a   Timothy Wootton, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterozygosity; Inbreeding; Microsatellites; Parentage analysis; Reproductive assurance; Self fertilization

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; HETEROZYGOSITY; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; KELP FOREST; POLYPLOIDY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEAWEED; SELECTION;

POSTELSIA; POSTELSIA PALMAEFORMIS;

EID: 79953311385     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1928     Document Type: Article

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