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Reproductive isolation and interspecific hybridization in the threatened species, Sidalcea nelsoniana

Creator:

Gisler, Steven D.

Abstract:

In addition to its longstanding recognition as an influential evolutionary process, interspecific hybridization is increasingly regarded as a potential threat to the genetic integrity and survival of rare plant species, manifested through gamete wasting, increased pest and disease pressures, outbreeding depression, competitive exclusion, and genetic assimilation. Alternatively, hybridization has also...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis