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Super-genotype: global monoclonality defies the odds of nature.
PloS one - 4 Jul 2007
Le Roux Johannes J, Wieczorek Ania M, Wright Mark G, Tran Carol T
Abstract excerpt
The ability to respond to natural selection under novel conditions is critical for the establishment and persistence of introduced alien species and their ability to become invasive. Here we correlated neutral and quantitative genetic diversity of the weed Pennisetum setaceum Forsk. Chiov. (Poaceae) with differing global (North American and African) patterns of invasiveness and compared this diversity to native...
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