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What do we know about hybridization among bryophytes in nature?

In English

Författare

Summary, in English

Despite being recognized as a widespread and evolutionary important phenomenon among vascular plants, interspecific hybridization among bryophytes has been strongly underestimated. In the present review, we summarize knowledge about bryophyte hybrids that are found in nature. Mechanisms of reproductive isolation in bryophytes are compared with those in vascular plants. The morphological and genetic features of sporophytic hybrids and their gametophytic progeny are discussed, as well as some inferences about hybrid fitness. The data available indicate that spontaneous hybridization among bryophytes is not uncommon and has an important, though still not completely understood, evolutionary significance. The existence of many allopolyploid taxa supports this conclusion. Finally we suggest some methods for further investigation of hybridization among bryophytes in nature.

Publiceringsår

2004

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

1687-1704

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volym

82

Issue

12

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Canadian Science Publishing, NRC Research Press

Ämne

  • Ecology

Status

Published

Projekt

  • Hybridization as evolutionary driving force in bryophytes

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 0008-4026