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Adaptive differentiation in seedling traits in a hybrid pine species complex, Pinus densata and its parental species, on the Tibetan Plateau.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Meng Jingxiang, Mao Jian-Feng, Zhao Wei, Xing Fangqian, Chen Xinyu, Liu Hao, Xing Zhen, Wang Xiao-Ru, Li Yue
Abstract excerpt
Evidence from molecular genetics demonstrates that Pinus densata is a natural homoploid hybrid originating from the parent species Pinus tabuliformis and Pinus yunnanensis, and ecological selection may have played a role in the speciation of P. densata. However, data on differentiation in adaptiv...
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