Higher levels of multiple paternities increase seedling survival in the long-lived tree eucalyptus gracilis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Breed, Martin F ^a   Christmas, Matthew J ^a   Lowe, Andrew J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b State Herbarium of South Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GRACILIS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; INBREEDING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATING SYSTEM; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY; POLLINATION; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; PREDICTION; PROGENY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SEED DEVELOPMENT; SEEDLING; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; TREE;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEM; EUCALYPTUS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; INBREEDING; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; SEEDLINGS; SEEDS; TREES;

EID: 84896511144     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090478     Document Type: Article

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