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Reading between the vines: Hosts as islands for extreme holoparasitic plants.
American journal of botany - 1 Sept 2017
Barkman Todd J, Klooster Matthew R, Gaddis Keith D, Franzone Brian, Calhoun Sondra, Manickam Sugumaran, Vessabutr Suyanee, Sasirat Sawitree, Davis Charles C
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PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Partitioning of population genetic variation in plants may be affected by numerous factors including life history and dispersal characteristics. In parasitic plants, interactions with host populations may be an additional factor influencing partitioning. To test for hierarchical population genetic patterns related to obligate endoparasitism, we studied three species of Rafflesiaceae, which...
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