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cje ›› 1999, Vol. ›› Issue (2): 30-35.

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Parentage Analysis of Natural Plant Populations and Its Applications in Ecology

Chen Xiaoyong   

  1. Department of Environmental Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062
  • Received:1997-07-20 Online:1999-04-10

Abstract: The advantages and drawbacks of three methods for parentage analysis, genetic exclusion, maximum likelihood assignment and fractional paternity assignment are disscussed. The applications of parentage analysis and progresses in multiple paternity identification and sibling competition, mating system, gene flow, and reproductive contribution are also reviewed.

Key words: photosynthetic characteristics, chlorophyll fluorescence characteristics, black soil region., maize, ridge tillage, shallow tillage