Biased morph ratios and skewed mating success contribute to loss of genetic diversity in the distylous Pulmonaria officinalis

Annals of Botany

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 227-235

  Meeus, Sofie ^a   Honnay, Olivier ^a   Brys, Rein ^a,b,c   Jacquemyn, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Boraginaceae; distyly; F ST; genetic diversity; microsatellite analysis; morph bias; Pulmonaria officinalis; skewed mating success

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; HERB; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TEMPERATE FOREST;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; PULMONARIA; REPRODUCTION;

BELGIUM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FLOWERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; PULMONARIA; REPRODUCTION;

BELGIUM;

BORAGINACEAE; PULMONARIA OFFICINALIS;

EID: 84555188877     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr272     Document Type: Article

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