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A LIMITATION of gene exchange by incompatibility between segments of an outbreeding species-population is of primary importance in micro-evolution1, and few cases have hitherto been reported in the Gramineae. Some results of a study of the species Glyceria fluitans and Glyceria plicata may therefore be of interest.
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BORRILL, M. Breeding Systems and Compatibility in Glyceria . Nature 175, 561–562 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/175561b0
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