University of Wollongong Research Online University of Wollongong Thesis Collection University of Wollongong Thesis Collections 2011 Complex and dynamic hybridization between Banksia robur and Banksia oblongifolia is revealed by genetic and morphological surveys and experimental manipulations Annette Vivian Usher University of Wollongong Recommended Citation Usher, Annette Vivian, Complex and dynamic hybridization between Banksia robur and Banksia oblongifolia is revealed by genetic and morphological surveys and experimental manipulations, Doctor of Philosophy thesis, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong, 2011. http://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/4031 Research Online is the open access institutional repository for the University of Wollongong. For further information contact the UOW Library:
[email protected] Complex and dynamic hybridization between Banksia robur and Banksia oblongifolia is revealed by genetic and morphological surveys and experimental manipulations A thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree Doctor of Philosophy from University of Wollongong by Annette Vivian Usher B.Sc (Hons) UOW Department of Biological Sciences 2011 Certification I, Annette V. Usher, declare that this thesis, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy, in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong, is wholly my own work unless otherwise referenced or acknowledged. The second chapter has been published in the journal Molecular Ecology Notes and the third chapter published in the journal Annals of Botany. The remaining work has not been submitted for qualifications to any other academic institution. Annette V. Usher 4 March 2011 ii Abstract Several models have been proposed to describe the main processes involved in the evolution or maintenance of hybrid zones.