How much better are females? the occurrence of female advantage, its proximal causes and its variation within and among gynodioecious species

Annals of Botany

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 505-519

  Dufay, Mathilde ^a   Billard, Emmanuelle ^a,b,c  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

Author keywords

Female advantage; female compensation; gynodioecy; inbreeding depression; male sterility; mating system; resource allocation; self incompatibility; sex ratio

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; CYTOPLASM; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FEMALE; GYNODIOECY; HERMAPHRODITE; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; STERILITY;

ALLELE; ANGIOSPERM; BREEDING; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOPLASM; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HERMAPHRODITIC SPECIES; INBREEDING; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT INFERTILITY; PLANT SEED; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ALLELES; ANGIOSPERMS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BREEDING; CYTOPLASM; FLOWERS; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; HERMAPHRODITIC ORGANISMS; INBREEDING; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT INFERTILITY; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX RATIO; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 80054904200     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr062     Document Type: Review

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