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Genetic aspects of fertility differentials in ponderosa pine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

Yan B. Linhart ,
J. B. Mitton ,
D. M. Bowman ,
K. B. Sturgeon  and
J. L. Hamrick
Yan B. Linhart
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental, Population and Organismic Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, U.S.A.
J. B. Mitton
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental, Population and Organismic Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, U.S.A.
D. M. Bowman
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental, Population and Organismic Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, U.S.A.
K. B. Sturgeon
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental, Population and Organismic Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, U.S.A.
J. L. Hamrick
Affiliation:
Department of Botany and Systematics and Ecology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66044, U.S.A.

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There is a strong genetic component to fertility differentials among individuals of ponderosa pine. Prolific cone-producers as a group were markedly different from low cone-producers at the three protein loci which were monitored. The two groups did not differ significantly in age, but trees with high cone production had slower growth rates and smaller diameters than trees with low cone production. To our knowledge, these results provide the first demonstration of fertility differentials associated with specific genes in a woody plant.

Type
Research Article
Information
Genetics Research , Volume 33 , Issue 3 , June 1979 , pp. 237 - 242
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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