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- Title
Natural and Artificial Hybridization between Big Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) Subspecies.
- Authors
McArthur, E. D.; Welch, B. L.; Sanderson, S. C.
- Abstract
Big sagebrush () and its allies (subgenus ) form a widespread and successful western North American plant group. Natural hybridization apparently has been important in the differentiation and success of this group. Controlled hybridization, although difficult to achieve, was shown to be successful through detection and assay of chemical markers. Artificial and natural hybridization success between subspecies and was demonstrated by analysis of putative hybrid and parental populations. Coumarins, monoterpenoids, and morphological characteristics were analyzed with analysis of variance, the Kruskai-Wallis test, and principal components analysis. Hybridization in is important not only in the evolution of taxa but potentially in the production of desirable genotypes for artificial selection.
- Publication
Journal of Heredity, 1988, Vol 79, Issue 4, p268
- ISSN
0022-1503
- Publication type
Article