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An integrative test of the dead-end hypothesis of selfing evolution in Triticeae (Poaceae).
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Oct 2010
Escobar Juan S, Cenci Alberto, Bolognini Jeremy, Haudry Annabelle, Laurent Stefan, David Jacques, Glémin Sylvain
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Self-fertilization is hypothesized to be an evolutionary dead end because reversion to outcrossing can rarely happen, and selfing lineages are thought to rapidly become extinct because of limited potential for adaptation and/or accumulation of deleterious mutations. We tested these two assumptions by combining morphological characters and molecular-evolution analyses in a tribe of hermaphroditic grasses...
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