Geographic parthenogenesis and plant-enemy interactions in the common dandelion

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Many species with sexual and asexual variants show a pattern of geographic parthenogenesis where asexuals have broader and higher-latitude distribution than sexuals. Because sexual reproduction is often considered a costly evolutiona...

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Main Authors: Verhoeven Koen JF, Biere Arjen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2013-01-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/13/23