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Phenotypic and genetic evidence for ecological speciation of Aquilegia japonica and A. oxysepala.
The New phytologist - 1 Dec 2014
Li Lin-Feng, Wang Hua-Ying, Pang Di, Liu Ying, Liu Bao, Xiao Hong-Xing
Abstract excerpt
Natural selection is thought to be a driving force that can cause the evolution of reproductive isolation. The genus Aquilegia is a model system to address how natural selection promotes the process of speciation. Morphological differences between A. oxysepala, A. japonica and their hybrids were quantified for two vegetative (plant height and leaf area) and three floral morphological (sepal area, corolla length...
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