Admixture with cultivated sunflower likely facilitated establishment and spread of wild sunflower (H. annuus) in Argentina
Fernando Hernández, Román B. Vercellino, Marco Todesco, Natalia Bercovich, Daniel Alvarez, Johanne Brunet, Alejandro Presotto, Loren H. Rieseberg
The paper investigates the invasion history of wild sunflower in Argentina, finding that admixture with cultivated sunflower and genomic selection contributed to its establishment and spread.
Molecular Ecology · Oct 18, 2024Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology