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Genetic diversity, conservation and sustainable use of wild Agave cupreata and Agave potatorum extracted for mezcal production in Mexico by Aguirre-Dugua, X., Eguiarte, L.E.

“…Agave cupreata and Agave potatorum are semelparous species distributed on dry tropical forests in south Mexico. Extraction of reproductive individuals for…”
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Genotypic diversity among pasture and roadside populations of the invasive buffelgrass (Pennisetum ciliare L. Link) in north-western Mexico by Gutierrez-Ozuna, R., Eguiarte, L.E., Molina-Freaner, F.

“…Buffelgrass (Pennisetum ciliare L. Link) is an African agamospermous grass that has been widely introduced into arid regions of the world to improve rangelands…”
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Tempo and mode in coevolution of Agave sensu lato (Agavoideae, Asparagaceae) and its bat pollinators, Glossophaginae (Phyllostomidae) by Flores-Abreu, I.N., Trejo-Salazar, R.E., Sánchez-Reyes, L.L., Good, S.V., Magallón, S., García-Mendoza, A., Eguiarte, L.E.

“…[Display omitted] •Agave sensu lato appeared around 8 Mya.•The best supported diversification model for Agavoidae shows two shifts around 8 Mya.•Agave sensu…”
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Timing and rate of speciation in Agave (Agavaceae) by Good-Avila, S.V, Souza, V, Gaut, B.S, Eguiarte, L.E

“…The Agave (Agavaceae) are keystone species of semiarid to arid regions where the geographic center of origin is Mexico but whose populations spread from the…”
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Genetic structure and outcrossing rates in Flourensia cernua (Asteraceae) growing at different densities in the South-western Chihuahuan Desert by Ferrer, M.M, Eguiarte, L.E, Montana, C

“…Backgrounds and aims Flourensia cernua is a partially self-incompatible, wind-pollinated shrub that grows in two scrub types of contrasting densities. It was…”
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Clonal diversity and distribution in Stenocereus eruca (Cactaceae), a narrow endemic cactus of the Sonoran Desert by Clark-Tapia, R, Alfonso-Corrado, C, Eguiarte, L.E, Molina-Freaner, F

“…Stenocereus eruca (Cactaceae), a prostrate cactus endemic to the Sonoran Desert, is thought to be highly clonal. We examined its clonal diversity and…”
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Maintenance of squash (Cucurbita spp.) landrace diversity by farmers' activities in Mexico by Montes-Hernandez, S, Merrick, L.C, Eguiarte, L.E

“…Squash (Cucurbita spp.) is a common component in traditional cropping systems in Mexico, mainly in the agroecosystem known as the “milpa”, in which squash is…”
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Evolutionary genetics and biogeographic structure of Rhizobium gallicum sensu lato, a widely distributed bacterial symbiont of diverse legmes by Silva, C, Vinuesa, P, Eguiarte, L.E, Souza, V, Martinez-Romero, E

“…We used phylogenetic and population genetics approaches to evaluate the importance of the evolutionary forces on shaping the genetic structure of Rhizobium…”
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Phylogenetic analysis of Cestrum section Habrothamnus (Solanaceae) based on plastid and nuclear DNA sequences by Montero-Castro, J.C, Delgado-Salinas, A, Luna, E. de, Eguiarte, L.E

“…Phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequences from chloroplast regions and nuclear ribosomal ITS was conducted to test the monophyly of Cestrum sect. Habrothamnus and…”
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Local genetic differentiation among populations of the mass-flowering tropical shrub Erythroxylum havanense (Erythroxylaceae) by Dominguez, C.A, Abarca, C.A, Eguiarte, L.E, Molina-Freaner, F

“…• This study is aimed to understand the role of life-history traits in determining the genetic structure of populations. We used Erythroxylum havanense, a…”
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Genetic diversity of the endangered endemic Agave victoriae-reginae (Agavaceae) in the Chihuahuan Desert by Martinez-Palacios, A, Eguiarte, L.E, Furnier, G.R

“…Long-lived perennials are a species-rich, ecologically important component of the North American deserts, yet we know little about their genetic structure,…”
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Patterns of male sterility within and among populations of the distylous shrub Erythroxylum havanense (Erythroxylaceae) by Cuevas, E, Molina-Freaner, F, Eguiarte, L.E, Dominguez, C.A

“…Distyly, a reproductive system characterized by the presence of long-styled (thrum). and short-styled (pin) individuals within a population, has been…”
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Isozymatic variation and phylogenetic relationships between henequen (Agave fourcroydes) and its wild ancestor A. angustifolia (Agavaceae) by Colunga-GarciaMarin, P. (Centro de Investigacion Cientifica de Yucatan, Yucatan, Mexico.), Coello-Coello, J, Eguiarte, L.E, Pinero, D

“…Isozymatic variation and phylogenetic relationships among extant henequen (Agave fourcroydes) germplasm and wild populations of its ancestor A. angustifolia in…”
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Why be a honeyless honey mesquite? Reproduction and mating system of nectarful and nectarless individuals by Golubov, J, Eguiarte, L.E, Mandujano, M.C, Lopez-Portillo, J, Montana, C

“…Populations of Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana in the Chihuahuan desert have a fixed dimorphic system of nectar production in which half the individuals…”
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Phylogenetic hypotheses for the monocotyledons constructed from rbcL sequence data by Duvall, M.R, Clegg, M.T, Chase, M.W, Clark, W.D, Kress, W.J, Hills, H.G, Eguiarte, L.E, Smith, J.F, Gaut, B.S, Zimmer, E.A

“…DNA sequences for the plastid locus that encodes the large subunit of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (rbcL) were determined for 18 species of…”
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Flower morphometry of Rhizophora mangle (Rhizophoraceae): geographical variation in Mexican populations by Dominguez, C.A, Eguiarte, L.E, Nunez-Farfan, J, Dirzo, R

“…We explored the patterns of intra- and interpopulation variation in flower morphology of the red mangrove, Rhizophora mangle. Twelve populations in Mexico were…”
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Phylogenetic analysis of rbcL sequences identifies Acorus calamus as the primal extant monocotyledon by Duvall, M.R, Learn, G.H. Jr, Eguiarte, L.E, Clegg, M.T

“…The identity of the oldest lineage of monocotyledons is a subject of debate. Alternative interpretations of morphological homologies are variously consistent…”
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Direct and indirect estimates of neighborhood and effective population size in a tropical palm, Astrocaryum mexicanum by Eguiarte, L.E. (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, D.F., Mexico), Burquez, A, Rodriguez, J, Martinez-Ramos, M, Sarukhan, J, Pinero, D

“…To estimate the relative importance of genetic drift, the effective population size (Ne) can be used. Here we present estimates of the effective population…”
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Reproductive biology, pollen and seed dispersal, and neighborhood size in the hummingbird-pollinated Echeveria gibbiflora (Crassulaceae) by Parra, V. (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, Mexico), Vargas, C.F, Eguiarte, L.E

“…Little is known about the reproductive biology of the Crassulaceae. We studied a population of Echeveria gibbiflora in the Pedregal de San Angel ecological…”
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Reproductive ecology and inbreeding depression in Opuntia rastrera (Cactaceae) in the Chihuahuan Desert: why are sexually derived recruitments so rare? by Maria Del Carmen Mandujano, Montana, Carlos, Eguiarte, Luis E.

“…We evaluated the influence of the reproductive ecology on low recruitment of sexually derived progeny observed in Opuntia rastrera Weber in the Southern…”
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