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Multiple independent origins of auto-pollination in tropical orchids (Bulbophyllum) in light of the hypothesis of selfing as an evolutionary dead end

BACKGROUND: The transition from outcrossing to selfing has long been portrayed as an ‘evolutionary dead end’ because, first, reversals are unlikely and, second, selfing lineages suffer from higher rates of extinction owing to a reduced potential for adaptation and the accumulation of deleterious mut...

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Autores principales: Gamisch, Alexander, Fischer, Gunter Alexander, Comes, Hans Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4574068/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26376901
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-015-0471-5