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The role of natural enemies in the expression and evolution of mixed mating in hermaphroditic plants and animals.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Sept 2007
Steets Janette A, Wolf Diana E, Auld Josh R, Ashman Tia-Lynn
Abstract excerpt
Although a large portion of plant and animal species exhibit intermediate levels of outcrossing, the factors that maintain this wealth of variation are not well understood. Natural enemies are one relatively understudied ecological factor that may influence the evolutionary stability of mixed mating. In this paper, we aim for a conceptual unification of the role of enemies in mating system expression and...
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