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Genetic diversity and genetic structure of different types of natural populations in Osmanthus fragrans Lour. and the relationships with sex ratio, population structure, and geographic isolation.
TheScientificWorldJournal - 1 Jan 2014
Hu Shaoqing, Wu Shuai, Wang Yiguang, Zhao Hongbo, Zhang Yuanyan
Abstract excerpt
Osmanthus fragrans Lour., an evergreen small tree, has the rare sexual system of androdioecy (coexistence of males and hermaphrodites), once with wide-spread natural distribution in the areas of the South Yangzi river basin. However, due to excessive human utilization, natural distribution became fragmented and the number and size of natural populations reduced sharply. With four different types of natural...
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