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Freeze-induced cyanide toxicity does not maintain the cyanogenesis polymorphism in white clover (Trifolium repens).
American journal of botany - 1 Jul 2018
Kooyers Nicholas J, Hartman Bakken Bradley, Ungerer Mark C, Olsen Kenneth M
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PREMISE OF THE STUDY: The maintenance of adaptive polymorphisms within species requires fitness trade-offs reflecting selection for each morph. Cyanogenesis, the ability to produce hydrogen cyanide (HCN) after tissue damage, occurs in >3000 plant species and exists as a discrete polymorphism in white clover. This polymorphism is spatially distributed in recurrent clines, with higher frequencies of cyanogenic...
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