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Influences of clonality on plant sexual reproduction by Barrett, Spencer C. H

“…Flowering plants possess an unrivaled diversity of mechanisms for achieving sexual and asexual reproduction, often simultaneously. The commonest type of…”
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Rapid Adaptation to Climate Facilitates Range Expansion of an Invasive Plant by Colautti, Robert I., Barrett, Spencer C. H.

“…Adaptation to climate, evolving over contemporary time scales, could facilitate rapid range expansion across environmental gradients. Here, we examine local…”
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A most complex marriage arrangement: recent advances on heterostyly and unresolved questions by Barrett, Spencer C. H.

“…Heterostylous genetic polymorphisms provide paradigmatic systems for investigating adaptation and natural selection. Populations are usually comprised of two…”
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Sexual dimorphism in flowering plants by Barrett, Spencer C.H., Hough, Josh

“…Among dioecious flowering plants, females and males often differ in a range of morphological, physiological, and life-history traits. This is referred to as…”
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Wind of change: new insights on the ecology and evolution of pollination and mating in wind-pollinated plants by Friedman, Jannice, Barrett, Spencer C.H

“…BACKGROUND: The rich literature that characterizes the field of pollination biology has focused largely on animal-pollinated plants. At least 10 % of…”
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Understanding plant reproductive diversity by Barrett, Spencer C. H.

“…Flowering plants display spectacular floral diversity and a bewildering array of reproductive adaptations that promote mating, particularly outbreeding. A…”
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Multiple multilocus DNA barcodes from the plastid genome discriminate plant species equally well by Fazekas, Aron J, Burgess, Kevin S, Kesanakurti, Prasad R, Graham, Sean W, Newmaster, Steven G, Husband, Brian C, Percy, Diana M, Hajibabaei, Mehrdad, Barrett, Spencer C H

“…A universal barcode system for land plants would be a valuable resource, with potential utility in fields as diverse as ecology, floristics, law enforcement…”
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The demography and population genomics of evolutionary transitions to self-fertilization in plants by Barrett, Spencer C. H., Arunkumar, Ramesh, Wright, Stephen I.

“…The evolution of self-fertilization from outcrossing has occurred on numerous occasions in flowering plants. This shift in mating system profoundly influences…”
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Genetic degeneration of old and young Y chromosomes in the flowering plant Rumex hastatulus by Hough, Josh, Hollister, Jesse D., Wang, Wei, Barrett, Spencer C. H., Wright, Stephen I.

“…Heteromorphic sex chromosomes have originated independently in many species, and a common feature of their evolution is the degeneration of the Y chromosome,…”
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Darwin's legacy: the forms, function and sexual diversity of flowers by Barrett, Spencer C. H.

“…Charles Darwin studied floral biology for over 40 years and wrote three major books on plant reproduction. These works have provided the conceptual foundation…”
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Influence of local density and sex ratio on pollination in an ambophilous flowering plant by Timerman, David, Barrett, Spencer C. H.

“…Premise Variation in local density and sex ratio in dioecious plants can affect mating success through the actions of pollen vectors, principally generalist…”
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The biomechanics of pollen release: new perspectives on the evolution of wind pollination in angiosperms by Timerman, David, Barrett, Spencer C.H.

“…ABSTRACT Evolutionary transitions from animal to wind pollination have occurred repeatedly during the history of the angiosperms, but the selective mechanisms…”
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The evolution of plant sexual diversity by Barrett, Spencer C. H

“…Charles Darwin recognized that flowering plants have an unrivalled diversity of sexual systems. Determining the ecological and genetic factors that govern…”
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Evolutionary constraints on adaptive evolution during range expansion in an invasive plant by Colautti, Robert I., Eckert, Christopher G., Barrett, Spencer C. H.

“…Biological invasions may expose populations to strong selection for local adaptation along geographical gradients in climate. However, evolution during…”
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An experimental field study of inbreeding depression in an outcrossing invasive plant by Balogh, Christopher M, Barrett, Spencer C H

“…Inbreeding depression is likely to play an important role during biological invasion. But relatively few studies have investigated the fitness of selfed and…”
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Comparison of the surgical outcomes of free flap reconstruction for primary and recurrent head and neck cancers: a case-controlled propensity score-matched study of 1,791 free flap reconstructions by Chen, Kuan-Hua, Kuo, Spencer C. H., Chien, Peng-Chen, Hsieh, Hsiao-Yun, Hsieh, Ching-Hua

“…This study was designed to compare the outcome and analyze the operation-related risk factors in free flap reconstruction for patients with primary and…”
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Phylogenomic analysis reveals multiple evolutionary origins of selfing from outcrossing in a lineage of heterostylous plants by Zhong, Li, Barrett, Spencer C. H., Wang, Xin-Jia, Wu, Zhi-Kun, Sun, Hua-Ying, Li, De-Zhu, Wang, Hong, Zhou, Wei

“…• Evolutionary transitions from outcrossing to selfing often occur in heterostylous plants. Selfing homostyles originate within distylous populations and…”
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The Genomic Selfing Syndrome Accompanies the Evolutionary Breakdown of Heterostyly by Wang, Xin-Jia, Barrett, Spencer C H, Zhong, Li, Wu, Zhi-Kun, Li, De-Zhu, Wang, Hong, Zhou, Wei

“…Abstract The evolutionary transition from outcrossing to selfing can have important genomic consequences. Decreased effective population size and the reduced…”
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Proceedings B 2017: the year in review by Barrett, Spencer C. H.

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The influence of ageing on the incidence and site of trauma femoral fractures: a cross-sectional analysis by Wu, Shao-Chun, Rau, Cheng-Shyuan, Kuo, Spencer C H, Chien, Peng-Chen, Hsieh, Ching-Hua

“…This study aimed to determine the influence of ageing on the incidence and site of femoral fractures in trauma patients, by taking the sex, body weight, and…”
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