Mediation of seed provisioning in the transmission of environmental maternal effects in Maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Aiton)

Heredity

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 248-255

  Zas, R ^a   Cendan C ^a   Sampedro, L ^a  

^a MISIÓN BIOLÓGICA DE GALICIA CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

conifer; seed mass; seed weight; seed mass variability; seedling performance; transgenerational plasticity

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MATERNAL EFFECT; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SEED;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS PINASTER;

EID: 84882454877     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2013.44     Document Type: Article

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