Tag Archives: Baker’s Law

#Evol2017 catch-up — Effects of range expansions on mating system

Posted on 11 Jul, 2017 by Stacy Krueger-Hadfield

Two weeks (more about that in a post I’ve written for Wednesday!) after the closing day of the 2017 Evolution Meetings, the Molecular Ecologists have all dispersed from Portland, though some may have left things behind! Still, the conference was so … Continue reading →

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Different ways to have sex, yet still be a weed

Posted on 28 Mar, 2017 by Stacy Krueger-Hadfield

Baker (1955) noticed that when mates are lacking, the ability to undergo self-fertilization will greatly enhance colonization success. Uniparental reproduction seems to be common in colonizing species, whether it’s from a continent to an oceanic island, during a biological invasion or during range … Continue reading →

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Mating systems

Posted on 13 Mar, 2015 by Stacy Krueger-Hadfield

In a new paper, published online in Molecular Ecology, Pannell (2015) reviews the literature on the evolution of mating systems and dispersal in colonizing species as component of a special issue called Invasion Genetics: The Baker and Stebbins Legacy.  This issue is … Continue reading →

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