Article
Genome size reduction can trigger rapid phenotypic evolution in invasive plants.
Annals of botany - 1 Jan 2010
Lavergne Sébastien, Muenke Nikolas J, Molofsky Jane
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The study of rapid evolution in invasive species has highlighted the fundamental role played by founder events, emergence of genetic novelties through recombination and rapid response to new selective pressures. However, whether rapid adaptation of introduced species can be driven by punctual changes in genome organization has received little attention. In plants, variation in genome size,...
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