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Adaptation and selection in the Senecio (Asteraceae) hybrid zone on Mount Etna, Sicily.
The New phytologist - 1 Aug 2009
Brennan Adrian C, Bridle Jon R, Wang Ai-Lan, Hiscock Simon J, Abbott Richard J
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Hybrid zone theory provides a powerful theoretical framework for measuring and testing gene flow and selection. The Senecio aethnensis and Senecio chrysanthemifolius hybrid zone on Mount Etna, Sicily, was investigated to identify phenotypic traits under divergent selection and to assess the contributions of intrinsic and extrinsic selection against hybrids to hybrid zone maintenance. Senecio samples from 14 sites...
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