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Highly diverse and highly successful: invasive Australian acacias have not experienced genetic bottlenecks globally.
Annals of botany - 30 Jul 2021
Vicente Sara, Máguas Cristina, Richardson David M, Trindade Helena, Wilson John R U, Le Roux Johannes J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Invasive species may undergo rapid evolution despite very limited standing genetic diversity. This so-called genetic paradox of biological invasions assumes that an invasive species has experienced (and survived) a genetic bottleneck and then underwent local adaptation in the new range. In this study, we test how often Australian acacias (genus Acacia), one of the world's most problematic...
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