Dehydration protection provided by a maternal cuticle improves offspring fitness in the moss Funaria hygrometrica

Annals of Botany

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 781-789

  Budke, Jessica M ^a   Goffinet, Bernard ^a   Jones, Cynthia S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bryophyte; calyptra; cuticle; dehydration stress; fitness; Funaria hygrometrica; functional morphology; maternal effects; offspring protection; sporophyte development

Indexed keywords

CUTICLE; DEHYDRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GAMETOPHYTE; MATERNAL EFFECT; MOSS; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SPOROPHYTE; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; BRYOPSIDA; CYTOLOGY; DEHYDRATION; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT EPIDERMIS; REPRODUCTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BRYOPSIDA; DEHYDRATION; GERM CELLS, PLANT; PLANT EPIDERMIS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84877310118     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct033     Document Type: Article

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