Current plant speciation research: unravelling the processes and mechanisms behind the evolution of reproductive isolation barriers

Clément Lafon-Placette; Mario Vallejo-Marín; Christian Parisod; Richard J Abbott; Claudia Köhler

doi:10.1111/nph.13756

Current plant speciation research: unravelling the processes and mechanisms behind the evolution of reproductive isolation barriers

New Phytol. 2016 Jan;209(1):29-33. doi: 10.1111/nph.13756.

Authors

Clément Lafon-Placette¹, Mario Vallejo-Marín², Christian Parisod³, Richard J Abbott⁴, Claudia Köhler¹

Affiliations

¹ Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Linnean Center of Plant Biology, Uppsala BioCenter, Uppsala, SE-75007, Sweden.
² Biological and Environmental Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, UK.
³ Laboratory of Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, CH-2000, Switzerland.
⁴ School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9TH, UK.

PMID: 26625345
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13756

No abstract available

Keywords: biological species concept; genetic and molecular mechanisms; next generation sequencing advances; plant speciation; reproductive isolation barriers.

Publication types

Congress
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Alleles
Breeding
Epigenesis, Genetic
Genetic Speciation*
Plants / genetics*
Polyploidy
Reproduction
Reproductive Isolation*