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How does disturbance on a landscape affect the establishment of new polyploid plant species?
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Incorporate delayed maturity of polyploids #100

Open rosemckeon opened 5 years ago

rosemckeon commented 5 years ago

One cost that isn't yet included is the delayed reproductive maturity often reported in polyploids. This mismatching in phenology compared to diploid progenitors would act to reduce mate-choice but may help to avoid diploid pollen-swamping and could be well tolerated when selfing.