Investigating the independent evolution of the size of floral organs via G-matrix estimation and artificial selection

Evolution and Development

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 438-448

  Delph, Lynda F ^a   Frey, Frank M ^a,b   Steven, Janet C ^a   Gehring, Janet L ^a,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

^c BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FLORAL TRAIT; POLLINATION; SELECTION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SILENE;

EVOLUTION; FLOWERS; MODELS, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SILENE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

SILENE; SILENE LATIFOLIA;

EID: 9344259674     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2004.04052.x     Document Type: Article

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