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The selfing syndrome: a model for studying the genetic and evolutionary basis of morphological adaptation in plants.
Annals of botany - 1 Jun 2011
Sicard Adrien, Lenhard Michael
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BACKGROUND: In angiosperm evolution, autogamously selfing lineages have been derived from outbreeding ancestors multiple times, and this transition is regarded as one of the most common evolutionary tendencies in flowering plants. In most cases, it is accompanied by a characteristic set of morphological and functional changes to the flowers, together termed the selfing syndrome. Two major areas that have changed...
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