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Low plant density enhances gene dispersal in the Amazonian understory herb Heliconia acuminata.
Molecular ecology - 1 Nov 2013
Côrtes Marina C, Uriarte María, Lemes Maristerra R, Gribel Rogério, Kress W John, Smouse Peter E, Bruna Emilio M
Abstract excerpt
In theory, conservation genetics predicts that forest fragmentation will reduce gene dispersal, but in practice, genetic and ecological processes are also dependent on other population characteristics. We used Bayesian genetic analyses to characterize parentage and propagule dispersal in Heliconi...
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