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wild flax

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Also known as: Linum marginale

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gene-for-gene coevolution

  • energy transfer and heat loss along a food chain
    In community ecology: Gene-for-gene coevolution

    …best-studied example is that of wild flax (Linum marginale) and flax rust (Melampsora lini) in Australia. Local populations of flax plants and flax rust harbour multiple matching genes for resistance and avirulence. The number of genes and their frequency within local populations fluctuate greatly over time as coevolution continues. In…

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  • In gene-for-gene coevolution

    …example is that of wild flax (Linum marginale) and flax rust (Melampsora lini) in Australia. Local populations of flax plants and flax rust harbour multiple matching genes for resistance and avirulence. The number of genes and their frequency within local populations fluctuate greatly over time as coevolution continues. In small…

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