Rapid local adaptation in both sexual and asexual invasive populations of monkeyflowers (Mimulus spp.).

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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Traditionally, local adaptation has been seen as the outcome of a long evolutionary history, particularly with regard to sexual lineages. By contrast, phenotypic plasticity has been thought to be most important during the initial stages of population establishment and in asexual species. We evaluated the roles of adaptive evolution and phenotypic plasticity in the invasive success of two...

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