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Anthropogenic disturbance as a driver of microspatial and microhabitat segregation of cytotypes of Centaurea stoebe and cytotype interactions in secondary contact zones

Mráz, Patrik ; Španiel, Stanislav ; Keller, Andreas ; Bowmann, Gillianne ; Farkas, Alexandre ; Šingliarová, Barbora ; Rohr, Rudolf P. ; Broennimann, Olivier ; Müller-Schärer, Heinz

In: Annals of Botany, 2012, p. -

Background and Aims: In a mixed-ploidy population, strong frequency-dependent mating will lead to the elimination of the less common cytotype, unless prezygotic barriers enhance assortative mating. However, such barriers favouring cytotype coexistence have only rarely been explored. Here, an assessment is made of the mechanisms involved in formation of mixed-ploidy populations and coexistence...

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Polyploidy in phenotypic space and invasion context: a morphometric study of Centraurea stoebe s.l.

Mráz, Patrik ; Bourchier, Robert S. ; Treier, Urs A. ; Schaffner, Urs ; Müller-Schärer, Heinz

In: International Journal of Plant Sciences, 2011, vol. 172, no. 3, p. 386-402

The taxonomy of the Centaurea stoebe complex is controversial. Diploid and tetraploid plants occur in its native European range, but to date only tetraploids have been recorded from its introduced range in North America. We examined morphological differentiation of C. stoebe using multivariate and univariate approaches to clarify the taxonomic status of the known cytotypes. We measured more...

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Interspecific hybridization in the genus Hieracium s. str. : evidence for bidirectional gene flow and spontaneous allopolyploidization

Mráz, Patrik ; Chrtek, Jindřich ; Fehrer, Judith

In: Plant Systematics and Evolution, 2011, vol. 293, p. 237-245

Although reticulation has indisputably played an important role in the evolutionary history of the genus Hieracium s. str. (Asteraceae), convincingly documented cases of recent interspecific hybridization are very rare. Here we report combined evidence on recent hybridization between two diploid species, Hieracium alpinum and H. transsilvanicum. The hybrid origin...

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Pollen–pistil interactions and self-incompatibility in the Asteraceae: new insights from studies of Senecio squalidus (Oxford ragwort)

Allen, Alexandra M. ; Thorogood, Christopher J. ; Hegarty, Matthew J. ; Lexer, Christian ; Hiscock, Simon J.

In: Annals of Botany, 2011, p. -

Background: Pollen–pistil interactions are an essential prelude to fertilization in angiosperms and determine compatibility/incompatibility. Pollen–pistil interactions have been studied at a molecular and cellular level in relatively few families. Self- incompatibility (SI) is the best understood pollen–pistil interaction at a molecular level where three different molecular mechanisms...

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Loss of genetic diversity in isolated populations of an alpine endemic Pilosella alpicola subsp. ullepitschii : effect of long-term vicariance or long-distance

Šingliarová, Barbora ; Chrtek, Jindřich ; Mráz, Patrik

In: Plant Systematics and Evolution, 2008, vol. 275, no. 3-4, p. 181-191

Pilosella alpicola subsp. ullepitschii (Asteraceae) is a strictly allogamous, diploid Carpathian endemic. Its distribution range comprises two areas separated by about 600 km. While in the Western Carpathians (Slovakia and Poland) the taxon occurs in numerous sites, only four localities of man-made origin are known from the Eastern and Southern Carpathians (Romania). We used allozyme markers...