The role of pollinators in the evolution of corolla shape variation, disparity and integration in a highly diversified plant family with a conserved floral bauplan | Zendy

José M. Gómez | Zendy; Rubén Torices | Zendy; Juan Lorite | Zendy; Christian Peter Klingenberg | Zendy; Francisco Perfectti | Zendy

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The role of pollinators in the evolution of corolla shape variation, disparity and integration in a highly diversified plant family with a conserved floral bauplan

Author(s) -

José M. Gómez,

Rubén Torices,

Juan Lorite,

Christian Peter Klingenberg,

Francisco Perfectti

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

annals of botany

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1095-8290

pISSN - 0305-7364

DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcv194

Subject(s) - biology , pollinator , variation (astronomy) , evolutionary biology , pollination , plant evolution , flowering plant , pollen , botany , genetics , genome , gene , physics , astrophysics

Brassicaceae is one of the most diversified families in the angiosperms. However, most species from this family exhibit a very similar floral bauplan. In this study, we explore the Brassicaceae floral morphospace, examining how corolla shape variation (an estimation of developmental robustness), integration and disparity vary among phylogenetically related species. Our aim is to check whether these floral attributes have evolved in this family despite its apparent morphological conservation, and to test the role of pollinators in driving this evolution.

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