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Multiple paternity and sporophytic inbreeding depression in a dioicous moss species.
Heredity - 1 Nov 2009
Szövényi P, Ricca M, Shaw A J
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Multiple paternity (polyandry) frequently occurs in flowering plants and animals and is assumed to have an important function in the evolution of reproductive traits. Polyandry in bryophytes may occur among multiple sporophytes of a female gametophyte; however, its occurrence and extent is unknown. In this study we investigate the occurrence and extent of multiple paternity, spatial genetic structure, and...
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