Better than nothing: Evolution of autonomous selfing under strong inbreeding depression in an alpine annual from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Journal of Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 363-367

  Zhang, Chan ^a,b   Zhou, Guo Ying ^c   Yang, Yong Ping ^a   Duan, Yuan Wen ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

autonomous selfing; Comastoma pulmonarium; Gentianaceae; inbreeding depression; nectar robbery; pollinator failure; reproductive assurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899822569     PISSN: 16744918     EISSN: 17596831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jse.12082     Document Type: Article

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