The cyanogenic polymorphism in Trifolium repens L. (white clover)
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Molecular evolution of the Li/li chemical defence polymorphism in white clover (Trifolium repens L.).
White clover (Trifolium repens) is naturally polymorphic for cyanogenesis (hydrogen cyanide release following tissue damage). The ecological factors favouring cyanogenic and acyanogenic plants have been examined in numerous studies over the last half century, making this one of the best-documented examples of an adaptive polymorphism in plants. White clover cyanogenesis is controlled by two, in...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Heredity
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0018-067X,1365-2540
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1991.13