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Limited pollen dispersal and biparental inbreeding in Symphonia globulifera in French Guiana.
Heredity - 1 Dec 2004
Degen B, Bandou E, Caron H
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In this paper, we report a study of the mating system and gene flow of Symphonia globulifera, a hermaphroditic, mainly bird-pollinated tree species with a large geographic distribution in the tropical Americas and Africa. Using three microsatellites, we analysed 534 seeds of 28 open pollinated families and 164 adults at the experimental site 'Paracou' in French Guiana. We observed, compared to other tropical tree...
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