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Balancing the risks of mating: biogeographic evidence of cleistogamy as a bet hedging strategy
Maya Weissman, Dafeng Zhang, Rebecca Y. Kartzinel, Daniel M. Weinreich
This study examines cleistogamy as a bet hedging strategy by analyzing biogeographic patterns across 400 species, finding it more common in cooler, variable environments.