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A Survey of Genetic Variation and Genome Evolution within the Invasive Fallopia Complex.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Bzdega Katarzyna, Janiak Agnieszka, Książczyk Tomasz, Lewandowska Agata, Gancarek Małgorzata, Sliwinska Elwira, Tokarska-Guzik Barbara
Abstract excerpt
The knotweed taxa Fallopia japonica, F. sachalinensis and their interspecific hybrid F. × bohemica are some of the most aggressive invaders in Europe and North America and they are serious threats to native biodiversity. At the same time, they constitute a unique model system for the creation of hybrids and studies of the initiation of evolutionary processes. In the presented study, we focused on (i) examining...
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