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Genetic origin and composition of a natural hybrid poplar Populus × jrtyschensis from two distantly related species.
BMC plant biology - 18 Apr 2016
Jiang Dechun, Feng Jianju, Dong Miao, Wu Guili, Mao Kangshan, Liu Jianquan
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BACKGROUND: The factors that contribute to and maintain hybrid zones between distinct species are highly variable, depending on hybrid origins, frequencies and fitness. In this study, we aimed to examine genetic origins, compositions and possible maintenance of Populus × jrtyschensis, an assumed natural hybrid between two distantly related species. This hybrid poplar occurs mainly on the floodplains along the...
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