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Friends without benefits: Extensive cytotype sympatry and polyploid persistence in an African geophyte.
American journal of botany - 1 Aug 2024
Vaz de Sousa Damian, Greve Michelle, Oberlander Kenneth C
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PREMISE: Polyploidy is a major factor in plant adaptation and speciation. Multiple mechanisms contribute to autopolyploid frequency within populations, but uncertainties remain regarding mechanisms that facilitate polyploid establishment and persistence. Here we aimed to document and predict cytotype distributions of Oxalis obliquifolia Steud. ex A. Rich. across Gauteng, South Africa, and test for evidence of...
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