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The mixed mating system of Impatiens capensis and infection by a foliar rust pathogen: patterns of resistance and fitness consequences.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Nov 2007
Koslow Jennifer M, Clay Keith
Abstract excerpt
Outcrossing by hosts may offer protection from natural enemies adapted to parental genotypes by creating diverse progeny that differ from their parents through genetic recombination. However, past experimental work addressing the relationship between mating system and disease in offspring has given conflicting results, suggesting that outcrossing might also cause the dissolution of resistant genotypes. To...
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