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Apomixis is not prevalent in a high-alpine ecosystem

Apomixis is not prevalent in a high-alpine ecosystem

Posted on July 20th, 2011 by Alex

`Apomixis is not prevalent in a high-alpine ecosystem Apomixis (agamospermy) is expected to provide selective advantages in high alpine environments, where conditions tend to be unfavourable for sexual reproduction of flowering plants. Hörandl et al. use flow cytometric seed screening to look for apomixis in 14 species typical for the glacier regions of the European Alps, [...]