Heritability of seed weight in Maritime pine, a relevant trait in the transmission of environmental maternal effects

Heredity

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 116-124

  Zas, R ^a   Sampedro, L ^a  

^a MISIÓN BIOLÓGICA DE GALICIA CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATERNAL EFFECT; PHENOTYPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEED;

PINUS PINASTER;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; PINE; PLANT SEED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ENVIRONMENT; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PINUS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEEDS; SPAIN;

EID: 84927517548     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2014.76     Document Type: Article

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