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Effect of recurrent selfing on inbreeding depression and mating system evolution in an autopolyploid plant.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Jul 2011
Ozimec Barbara, Husband Brian C
Abstract excerpt
Genome duplication resulting in polyploidy can have significant consequences for the evolution of mating systems. Most theory predicts that self-fertilization will be selectively favored in polyploids; however, many autopolyploids are outcrossing or mixed-mating. Here, we examine the hypothesis that the evolution of selfing is restricted in autopolyploids because the genetic cost of selfing (i.e., inbreeding...
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