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Isozyme Variation in Colonizing Plants

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Isozymes in Plant Biology

Abstract

The colonization of new environments is an integral feature of the biology of most plant species. However, a relatively small number of plants, commonly referred to as colonizers, weeds, or invading species, possess attributes that enable them to establish populations continuously in areas or habitats that they have not previously occupied. In comparison with other plant life forms, and considering their number, colonizing species have received disproportionate attention from biologists. This interest is probably because some are of economic importance in agriculture and, because, from an evolutionary perspective, others provide excellent experimental systems for microevolutionary studies. The rapid life cycles of many colonizers and their ability to invade diverse environments, often in a short period, provide population biologists with a series of evolutionary experiments that are not available in most other plant groups.

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Barrett, S.C.H., Shore, J.S. (1989). Isozyme Variation in Colonizing Plants. In: Soltis, D.E., Soltis, P.S., Dudley, T.R. (eds) Isozymes in Plant Biology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1840-5_6

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