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Balance between inbreeding and outcrossing in a nannandrous species, the moss Homalothecium lutescens.
Heredity - 1 Jan 2016
Rosengren F, Cronberg N, Hansson B
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Epiphytic dwarf males on the females present a possible solution to the problem of short fertilization distances in mosses. However, leptokurtic spore dispersal makes dwarf males likely to be closely related to their host shoot, with an accompanying risk of inbreeding. The capacity of a female to harbour a high number of different dwarf males suggests that there may be mechanisms in place that counteract...
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