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Going with the flow: analysis of population structure reveals high gene flow shaping invasion pattern and inducing range expansion of Mikania micrantha in Asia.
Annals of botany - 1 Jun 2020
Banerjee Achyut Kumar, Hou Zhuangwei, Lin Yuting, Lan Wentao, Tan Fengxiao, Xing Fen, Li Guanghe, Guo Wuxia, Huang Yelin
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Mikania micrantha, a climbing perennial weed of the family Asteraceae, is native to Latin America and is highly invasive in the tropical belt of Asia, Oceania and Australia. This study was framed to investigate the population structure of M. micrantha at a large spatial scale in Asia and to identify how introduction history, evolutionary forces and landscape features influenced the genetic...
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