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Exogenous selection shapes germination behaviour and seedling traits of populations at different altitudes in a Senecio hybrid zone.
Annals of botany - 1 Nov 2012
Ross Rebecca I C, Agren J Arvid, Pannell John R
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The Senecio hybrid zone on Mt Etna, Sicily, is characterized by steep altitudinal clines in quantitative traits and genetic variation. Such clines are thought to be maintained by a combination of 'endogenous' selection arising from genetic incompatibilities and environment-dependent 'exogenous' selection leading to local adaptation. Here, the hypothesis was tested that local adaptation to the...
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