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Morphological, physiological, and genetic variation between metallicolous and nonmetallicolous populations of Dianthus carthusianorum.
Chemosphere - 1 Jan 2013
Wójcik Małgorzata, Dresler Sławomir, Jawor Emilia, Kowalczyk Krzysztof, Tukiendorf Anna
Abstract excerpt
Waste deposits produced by metal mining and smelting activities provide extremely difficult habitats for plant colonization and growth. Therefore, plants spontaneously colonizing such areas represent a very interesting system for studying evolution of plant adaptation and population differentiation between contaminated and noncontaminated environments. In this study, two populations of Dianthus carthusianorum,...
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