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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1870-3453</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de biodiversidad]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Mex. Biodiv.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-3453</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Biología]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1870-34532015000401072</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1016/j.rmb.2015.08.006</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Comparación morfológica entre poblaciones silvestres y manejadas de Opuntia atropes (Cactaceae) en Michoacán, México]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Morphological comparison between wild and cultivated populations of Opuntia atropes (Cactaceae) in Michoacán, Mexico]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[López-Gutiérrez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Diana M.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Reyes-Agüero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Muñoz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alejandro]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Robles]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Javier]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cuevas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Eduardo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="A01">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo Facultad de Biología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Morelia Michoacán]]></addr-line>
<country>MX</country>
</aff>
<aff id="A02">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí Instituto de Investigación en Zonas Desérticas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí]]></addr-line>
<country>MX</country>
</aff>
<aff id="A03">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Guadalajara Departamento de Ecología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Zapopan Jalisco]]></addr-line>
<country>MX</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2015</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2015</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>86</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>1072</fpage>
<lpage>1077</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-34532015000401072&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-34532015000401072&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-34532015000401072&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[En México hay una antigua tradición de consumo de tallos y frutos de Opuntia (nopales), ya sean silvestres o en proceso de domesticación, que son importantes en la dieta de habitantes del centro de la República. Aun cuando Opuntia ficus-indica es la especie más cultivada en el país, hay otras especies de importancia regional, que han sido menos estudiadas como O. atropes, nativa del centro-occidente de México, muy apreciada por sus cladodios inmaduros o nopalitos. Se evaluó la variabilidad morfológica de plantas silvestres, toleradas, de huerto y de plantación de O. atropes, para establecer si esta especie se encuentra en proceso de domesticación, además de determinar las características que se han modificado. Se seleccionaron 3 zonas de muestreo en Michoacán, con una muestra total de 120 individuos. Después de analizar 14 variables morfológicas, se registró la divergencia morfológica entre plantas con y sin manejo. Los resultados muestran que los nopales cultivados presentaron cladodios inmaduros y maduros de mayor dimensión, con más areolas e hileras de areolas, y menos espinas y glóquidas. A partir de las diferencias reportadas y la amplia propagación de su cultivo en la región, se señala que O. atropes se encuentra en un proceso evolutivo de domesticación.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Mexico has an ancient tradition of consumption of stems and fruits of Opuntia, of wild plants or plants in different degree of domestication. Even though Opuntia ficus-indica is the most cultivated species, there are other Opuntia species locally consumed and less well studied. This is the case of O. atropes native of Mexico and appreciated for its edible young cladodes "nopalitos". This study evaluated the morphological variability of wild, tolerated, of home gardens and commercial plantations, in order to know whether O. atropes is in the process of domestication and to explore which characteristics have been modified. Three study sites were selected in the state of Michoacán where a total of 120 plants were sampled. Fourteen morphological variables were analyzed using univariate and multivariate methods. A morphological divergence between individuals from managed and non-managed populations was observed. Inmature and mature cladodes from cultivated cactus pears were bigger, with more areoles and with less spines and glochids. These differences as well as its wide cultivated extension in Michoacán suggests that O. atropes is going through an evolutionary process of domestication.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Domesticación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Manejo de plantas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Nopales]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Variación morfológica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Domestication]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Plant management]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Cactus pear]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Morphological variation]]></kwd>
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