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  • Laboratory Speciation in Helianthus Evolves a Native Species

    02/15/2005 7:12:00 AM PST · by furball4paws · 163 replies · 2,511+ views
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    Laboratory Speciation in Helianthus Evolves a Native Species DNA examination of five species of Helianthus (H. annuus, H. petiolarus fallax, H. anomalus, H. paradoxus, and H. deserticola) suggested that H. annuus and H. petiolarus fallax are the evolutionary parents of the other three species (Rieseberg 1993, 1995, 1993). All five species are self-incompatible and fertile. Typically, H. annuus (the ancestor of the commercial sunflower) and H. petiolarus fallax form hybrids that are almost fully sterile. However, the few fertile hybrids, when subjected to sib-matings and back crossing regimes yield a new species that is fully fertile and cannot cross with...