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Geographic variation in floral allometry suggests repeated transitions between selfing and outcrossing in a mixed mating plant.
American journal of botany - 1 May 2015
Summers Holly E, Hartwick Sally M, Raguso Robert A
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PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Isometric and allometric scaling of a conserved floral plan could provide a parsimonious mechanism for rapid and reversible transitions between breeding systems. This scaling may occur during transitions between predominant autogamy and xenogamy, contributing to the maintenance of a stable mixed mating system. METHODS: We compared nine disjunct populations of the polytypic, mixed mating...
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