Why Self-fertilizing Plants Still Exist in Wild Populations: Diversity Assurance through Stress-Induced Male Sterility May Promote Selective Outcrossing and Recombination
Climate change creates challenges for wild species, but plants have survived and adapted to similar changes in their evolutionary past. Most plants were originally outcrossing, one theoretical genetic reason being that self-fertilization does not create novel recombinants that allow adaptation. Thus...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2020-03-01
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| Series: | Agronomy |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/10/3/349 |