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Detection of genetically divergent clone mates in apomictic dandelions.
Molecular ecology - 1 Feb 2002
Mes Ted H M, Kuperus P, Kirschner J, Stepánek J, Storchová H, Oosterveld P, den Nijs J C M
Abstract excerpt
This study aims to identify genetically diverged clone mates in apomictic dandelions. Clone mates are defined as individuals that may have diverged as a result of mutation accumulation and that have undergone only clonal reproduction since their most recent common ancestor. Based on distinctive morphology and an aberrant and rare chloroplast haplotype, northwest European individuals of Taraxacum section Naevosa...
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