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Asymmetric contributions of seed and pollen to gene dispersal in the marsh orchid Dactylorhiza umbrosa in Asia Minor.
Molecular ecology - 1 Apr 2021
Hedrén Mikael, Birkedal Sven, de Boer Hugo, Ghorbani Abdolbaset, Gravendeel Barbara, Hansson Sven, Svensson Åke, Zarre Shahin
Abstract excerpt
Orchids differ from other plants in their extremely small and partly air-filled seeds that can be transported long distances by wind. Seed dispersal in orchids is expected to contribute strongly to overall gene flow, and orchids generally express low levels of genetic differentiation between populations and low pollen to seed flow ratios. However, studies in orchids distributed in northern Europe have often found...
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