Book ID: 88755
Leach, Carolyn and Oliver Mayo
Outbreeding Mechanisms in Flowering Plants. An evolutionary perspective from Darwin onwards. 2005. illus. 147 p. Paper bd.
Chapter headings: Introd. / The effects of inbreeding and outbreeding/Means of fertilization / Outbreeding mechanisms/ Some possibilities forresearch. - The authors have condensed hundreds of references verysubstantially in order to make clear the strong associations betweenbreeding system and fitness. Particular attention is given to unsolvedproblems, especially the origin of self - incompatibility and the originof diversity within these systems.