Mechanisms of constraints: the contributions of selection and genetic variance to the maintenance of cotyledon number in wild radish.

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The evolutionary mechanisms underlying the maintenance of invariant traits are poorly understood, partly because the lack of variance makes these mechanisms difficult to study. Although the number of cotyledons that plant species produce is highly canalized, populations of plants frequently contain individuals with abnormal cotyledon numbers. In a garden study with 1857 wild radish plants from 75 paternal...

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