Pollen dispersal and optimal outcrossing in Delphinium nelsoni

Authors: Price, M. V.ORCID; Waser, N. M.ORCID

Year: 1979

Journal: Nature, Vol. 277, pp. 294-297

Publisher: UNKNOWN

Keywords: GENETICS, OUTCROSSING, PLANT REPRODUCTION, POLLEN DISPERSAL, POLLINATION BIOLOGY, RANUNCULACEAE, RMBL

Abstract

It is suggested that outbreeding depression will often occur on a much finer scale than previously recognised, especially in plants subject to restricted pollen and seed dispersal, and a short outcrossing distance is optimal for Delphinium nelsoni Greene.

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