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Signals of speciation within Arabidopsis thaliana in comparison with its relatives.
Current opinion in plant biology - 1 Apr 2012
Alcázar Rubén, Pecinka Ales, Aarts Mark G M, Fransz Paul F, Koornneef Maarten
Abstract excerpt
The species within the now well-defined Arabidopsis genus provide biological materials suitable to investigate speciation and the development of reproductive isolation barriers between related species. Even within the model species A. thaliana, genetic differentiation between populations due to environmental adaptation or demographic history can lead to cases where hybrids between accessions are non-viable....
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