Experimental and genetic analyses reveal that inbreeding depression declines with increased self-fertilization among populations of a coastal dune plant

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 587-599

  Dart, S ^a   Eckert, C G ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia; Geographical variation; Inbreeding coefficient; Inbreeding depression; Mating system; Outcrossing; Self fertilization; Self incompatibility

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; AUTOGAMY; COASTAL ZONE; DICOTYLEDON; DUNE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; FLOWER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; MATURATION; OUTCROSSING; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SELF INCOMPATIBILITY; SOIL MOISTURE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DROUGHT; FLOWER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; INBREEDING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ONAGRACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLINATION; SELF FERTILIZATION; SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY (PLANT); SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALLELES; DROUGHTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLOWERS; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; ONAGRACEAE; POLLINATION; SEEDS; SELF-FERTILIZATION; SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY IN FLOWERING PLANTS; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84873726320     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12075     Document Type: Article

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