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Extreme phenotypic variation in Cetraria aculeata (lichenized Ascomycota): adaptation or incidental modification?
Annals of botany - 1 May 2012
Pérez-Ortega Sergio, Fernández-Mendoza Fernando, Raggio José, Vivas Mercedes, Ascaso Carmen, Sancho Leopoldo G, Printzen Christian, de Los Ríos Asunción
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Phenotypic variability is a successful strategy in lichens for colonizing different habitats. Vagrancy has been reported as a specific adaptation for lichens living in steppe habitats around the world. Among the facultatively vagrant species, the cosmopolitan Cetraria aculeat...
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