Title |
Epigenetic rather than genetic factors may explain phenotypic divergence between coastal populations of diploid and tetraploid Limonium spp. (Plumbaginaceae) in Portugal
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Published in |
BMC Plant Biology, December 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2229-13-205 |
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Authors |
Ana Sofia Róis, Carlos M Rodríguez López, Ana Cortinhas, Matthias Erben, Dalila Espírito-Santo, Michael J Wilkinson, Ana D Caperta |
Abstract |
The genus Limonium Miller comprises annual and perennial halophytes that can produce sexual and/or asexual seeds (apomixis). Genetic and epigenetic (DNA methylation) variation patterns were investigated in populations of three phenotypically similar putative sexual diploid species (L. nydeggeri, L. ovalifolium, L. lanceolatum), one sexual tetraploid species (L. vulgare) and two apomict tetraploid species thought to be related (L. dodartii, L. multiflorum). The extent of morphological differentiation between these species was assessed using ten diagnostic morphometric characters. |
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