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Chapter 30, Problem 13TYU
FOCUS ON EVOLUTION
With respect to sexual reproduction, some plant species are fully self-fertile, others are fully self-incompatible, and some exhibit a “mixed strategy” with partial self-incompatibility. These reproductive strategies differ in their implications for evolutionary potential. How might these three strategies fare in a small founder population
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