Parental ploidy strongly affects offspring fitness in heteroploid crosses among three cytotypes of autopolyploid Jacobaea carniolica (Asteraceae).

Reproductive interactions among cytotypes in their contact zones determine whether these cytotypes can co-exist and form stable contact zones or not. In autopolyploids, heteroploid cross-compatibilities might depend on parental ploidy, but tests of this hypothesis in autopolyploid systems with more...

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Main Authors: Michaela Sonnleitner, Birgit Weis, Ruth Flatscher, Pedro Escobar García, Jan Suda, Jana Krejčíková, Gerald M Schneeweiss, Manuela Winkler, Peter Schönswetter, Karl Hülber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3827125?pdf=render