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Assignment of SNP allelic configuration in polyploids
Estimation of allele copy numbers for molecular markers is a challenge for polyploid species.
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Shifts in mating systems under contrasting environments
Establishment of plant populations in novel environments may generate shifts in floral traits and plant mating systems.
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High ploidy diversity and cytotype distribution in a biodiversity hotspot
The Greater Cape Floristic Region of southern Africa is a world biodiversity hotspot that has traditionally been considered depauperate in polyploid plants.
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Cultivar identification and maintenance in self-sterile Rubus
Preservation of cultivar purity is a particular challenge for plants that are self-incompatible and have easily germinating seeds and vigorously spreading rhizomes.
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Some Like It Cold
In addition to crop management, understanding vernalization could be used to identify plant communities at risk from climate change.
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Ascorbic acid accumulation in Ribes fruit
We all know that vitamin C is good for us, but where does it come from?
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Fine-scale mating patterns in a clonal plant species
Spatial spread of genetically identical plants may decrease paternal diversity and fertility, particularly towards the centre of large clumps of clones.
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Pollen-mediated gene flow along an altitudinal gradient
Genetic connectivity is crucial in rapidly changing environments as it allows exchange and dispersal of adaptive genes among plant populations.
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Plastid and nuclear variation among apomictic polyploids
Apomicts are plants grown from seeds or spores are produced without fertilization.
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Effects of herbicide-resistance alleles on weed seed germination
Plant genes enabling arable weeds to survive herbicide applications can have varied effects on the weed life cycle.
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PEP-CK recruitment in C4 photosynthesis of eudicots
There is emerging evidence that some C4 eudicots involve the photosynthetic enzyme PEP-CK in carbon acquisition alongside other decarboxylation enzymes.
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Critical buckling height and stand variation in Pinus
Although elastic similarity models and determinations of critical buckling height often consider density-specific stiffness to be constant, few studies have tested this assumption in plantation-grown trees.