A Botanist Studying a Plant with Geographically Disjunct and Morphologically

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Essay

A botanist studying a plant with geographically disjunct and morphologically distinct populations wanted to know the degree to which the differences between the populations was attributable to genetic factors. Outline a simple experiment she can do to address this question.

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