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High genetic diversity in a remote island population system: sans sex.
The New phytologist - 1 Mar 2012
Karlin Eric F, Hotchkiss Sara C, Boles Sandra B, Stenøien Hans K, Hassel Kristian, Flatberg Kjell I, Shaw A Jonathan
Abstract excerpt
It has been proposed that long-distance dispersal of mosses to the Hawaiian Islands rarely occurs and that the Hawaiian population of the allopolyploid peat moss Sphagnum palustre probably resulted from a single dispersal event. Here, we used microsatellites to investigate whether the Hawaiian population of the dioicous S. palustre had a single founder and to compare its genetic diversity to that found in...
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