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Asymmetric introgression in the horticultural living fossil cycas sect. Asiorientales using a genome-wide scanning approach.
International journal of molecular sciences - 15 Apr 2013
Chiang Yu-Chung, Huang Bing-Hong, Chang Chun-Wen, Wan Yu-Ting, Lai Shih-Jie, Huang Shong, Liao Pei-Chun
Abstract excerpt
The Asian cycads are mostly allopatric, distributed in small population sizes. Hybridization between allopatric species provides clues in determining the mechanism of species divergence. Horticultural introduction provides the chance of interspecific gene flow between allopatric species. Two allopatrically eastern Asian Cycas sect. Asiorientales species, C. revoluta and C. taitungensis, which are widely...
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