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Small genome separates native and invasive populations in an ecologically important cosmopolitan grass.
Ecology - 1 Jan 2018
Pyšek Petr, Skálová Hana, Čuda Jan, Guo Wen-Yong, Suda Jan, Doležal Jan, Kauzál Ondřej, Lambertini Carla, Lučanová Magdalena, Mandáková Terezie, Moravcová Lenka, Pyšková Klára, Brix Hans, Meyerson Laura A
Abstract excerpt
The literature suggests that small genomes promote invasion in plants, but little is known about the interaction of genome size with other traits or about the role of genome size during different phases of the invasion process. By intercontinental comparison of native and invasive populations of the common reed Phragmites australis, we revealed a distinct relationship between genome size and invasiveness at the...
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