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Causes and consequences of large clonal assemblies in a poplar hybrid zone.
Molecular ecology - 1 Nov 2016
Macaya-Sanz David, Heuertz Myriam, Lindtke Dorothea, Vendramin Giovanni G, Lexer Christian, González-Martínez Santiago C
Abstract excerpt
Asexual reproduction is a common and fundamental mode of reproduction in plants. Although persistence in adverse conditions underlies most known cases of clonal dominance, proximal genetic drivers remain unclear, in particular for populations dominated by a few large clones. In this study, we studied a clonal population of the riparian tree Populus alba in the Douro river basin (northwestern Iberian Peninsula)...
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