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Convergent adaptation to a marginal habitat by homoploid hybrids and polyploid ecads in the seaweed genus Fucus.
Biology letters - 22 Sept 2006
Coyer James A, Hoarau Galice, Pearson Gareth A, Serrão Ester A, Stam Wytze T, Olsen Jeanine L
Abstract excerpt
Hybridization and polyploidy are two major sources of genetic variability that can lead to adaptation in new habitats. Most species of the brown algal genus Fucus are found along wave-swept rocky shores of the Northern Hemisphere, but some species have adapted to brackish and salt marsh habitats. Using five microsatellite loci and mtDNA RFLP, we characterize two populations of morphologically similar,...
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