A new contact zone between Centaurea aspera and Centaurea seridis was found in Morocco. Chromosome counts and flow cytometry showed that both taxa were tetra- ploid (4 x = 44). A literature review and morphometric analysis ...
Garmendia, Alfonso; Ferriol Molina, María; Benavente, David; Ferrer-Gallego, P. Pablo; Merle Farinós, Hugo Basilio(MDPI, 2020-09)
[EN] How polyploids become established is a long-debated question, especially for autopolyploids that seem to have no evolutionary advantage over their progenitors. The Centaurea aspera polyploid complex includes diploid ...
Ferriol Molina, María; Merle Farinós, Hugo Basilio; Garmendia, Alfonso(Linnean Society of London, 2014-09)
Survival of polyploids in nature depends on several factors, including competition from diploid relatives and
increased genetic diversity. Unlike other reported Centaurea polyploid complexes, diploid Centaurea aspera ...