Does inbreeding promote evolutionary reduction of flower size? experimental evidence from Crepis tectorum (Asteraceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1388-1398

  Andersson, Stefan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptive potential; Asteraceae; Crepis tectorum; Floral evolution; Inbreeding depression; Pollination; Selection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AUTOGAMY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOWER; GENERATION TIME; HERB; HYBRIDIZATION; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; SELECTION; SIZE; VIGOR;

ARTICLE; CREPIS; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; FRUIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INBREEDING; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CREPIS; FLOWERS; FRUIT; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING; POLLINATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84865013251     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1200116     Document Type: Article

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