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Pollinator preference for rarity may drive establishment


Brittany Sutherland from the Galloway lab published a new paper in Evolution that reports pollinators can differentiate between plants that vary in chromosome number (ploidy), and prefer whichever ploidy is rarer. This has implications for plant migration and invasions as it enables rare colonists to gain a foothold in established populations. You may find the article here.




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