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Flow cytometry confirms reticulate evolution and reveals triploidy in Central European Diphasiastrum taxa (Lycopodiaceae, Lycophyta).
Annals of botany - 1 Oct 2011
Bennert H Wilfried, Horn Karsten, Kauth Marion, Fuchs Jörg, Jakobsen Iben Sophie Bisgaard, Ollgaard Benjamin, Schnittler Martin, Steinberg Matthias, Viane Ronnie
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Interspecific Diphasiastrum hybrids have been assumed to be homoploid and to produce well-formed spores serving sexual reproduction. If this were the case, forms intermediate between hybrids and parents or hybrid swarms should be expected. The purpose of this study was: (1) to check whether homoploidy consistently applies to the three hybrids throughout their Central European range; (2) to...
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