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Reproductive isolation and hybridization in sympatric populations of three Dactylorhiza species (Orchidaceae) with different ploidy levels.
Annals of botany - 1 Mar 2012
De hert Koen, Jacquemyn Hans, Van Glabeke Sabine, Roldán-Ruiz Isabel, Vandepitte Katrien, Leus Leen, Honnay Olivier
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The potential for gene exchange between species with different ploidy levels has long been recognized, but only a few studies have tested this hypothesis in situ and most of them focused on not more than two co-occurring species. In this study, we examined hybridization patterns in two sites containing three species of the genus Dactylorhiza (diploid D. incarnata and D. fuchsii and their...
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