Can soil seed banks serve as genetic memory? A study of three species with contrasting life history strategies.

We attempted to confirm that seed banks can be viewed as an important genetic reservoir by testing the hypothesis that standing (aboveground) plants represent a nonrandom sample of the seed bank. We sampled multilocus allozyme genotypes from three species with different life history strategies: Amar...

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Main Authors: Bohumil Mandák, Petr Zákravský, Václav Mahelka, Ivana Plačková
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3504043?pdf=render