THE EVOLUTIONARY ENIGMA OF MIXED MATING SYSTEMS IN PLANTS: Occurrence, Theoretical Explanations, and Empirical Evidence
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Carol Goodwillie, Susan Kalisz, and Christopher G. Eckert 1Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27858; email: [email protected] 2Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260; email: [email protected] 3Department of Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6 Canada; email: [email protected]
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تاریخ انتشار 2006