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Evolution in situ: hybrid origin and establishment of willows (Salix L.) on alpine glacier forefields.
Heredity - 1 Jun 2016
Gramlich S, Sagmeister P, Dullinger S, Hadacek F, Hörandl E
Abstract excerpt
Little attention has been paid to the evolutionary consequences of the colonizing dynamics and succession processes following glacier retreat. Here we studied hybrid populations that have recently formed and established on glacier forefields of the European Alps owing to secondary contact of a lowland colonizer with a subalpine species. We analyzed the composition of two hybrid populations between Salix purpurea...
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