title: Outcrossing rates and relatedness estimates in pecan (Carya illinoinensis) populations.
abstract: Estimates of single and multilocus outcrossing rates as well as relatedness among progeny of individual seed trees were obtained for 14 populations of pecan [Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch]. Mean outcrossing estimates were not significantly different from 1.0 and relatedness values indicate that most progeny within families are half sibs. Biparental inbreeding was insignificant in all study sites, and inbreeding coefficients indicated that populations were close to inbreeding equilibrium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, University of Georgia, Athens 30602, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rüter
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Hamrick
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Wood
mesh_terms: D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D005828:Genetics, Population; D007178:Inbreeding; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics; D014197:Trees / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes