Inbreeding depression, heterosis, and outbreeding depression in the cleistogamous perennial Ruellia humilis
T. Y. Soto, J. D. Rojas-Gutierrez, C. Oakley
This study quantifies inbreeding depression and heterosis in cleistogamous Ruellia humilis, finding moderate inbreeding depression and outbreeding depression, but insufficient to explain the persistence of chasmogamous flowers.
bioRxiv · May 28, 2023Evolutionary Biology