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Flower size variation in Rosmarinus officinalis: individuals, populations and habitats.
Annals of botany - 1 Feb 2005
Herrera Javier
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Flowers are relatively invariant organs within species, but quantitative variation often exists among conspecifics. These variations represent the raw material that natural selection can magnify, eventually resulting in morphological divergence and diversification. This paper investigates floral variability in Rosmarinus officinalis, a Mediterranean shrub. METHODS: Nine populations were...
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