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Population genetic consequences of extreme variation in sexual and clonal reproduction in an aquatic plant.
Molecular ecology - 1 Feb 2003
Eckert Christopher G, Lui Keiko, Bronson Kelly, Corradini Pierre, Bruneau Anne
Abstract excerpt
Most plants combine sexual reproduction with asexual clonal reproduction in varying degrees, yet the genetic consequences of reproductive variation remain poorly understood. The aquatic plant Butomus umbellatus exhibits striking reproductive variation related to ploidy. Diploids produce abundant viable seed whereas triploids are sexually sterile. Diploids also produce hundreds of tiny clonal bulbils, whereas...
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