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Pollinator‐mediated selection on a flower color polymorphism in experimental populations of Antirrhinum (Scrophulariaceae)
Author(s) -
Niovi Jones Kristina,
Reithel Jennifer S.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
american journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.218
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1537-2197
pISSN - 0002-9122
DOI - 10.2307/2657109
Subject(s) - pollinator , biology , antirrhinum majus , antirrhinum , foraging , pollen , nectar , assortative mating , petal , botany , zoology , pollination , ecology , mating , genetics , gene , arabidopsis , mutant
We quantified pollinator visit behavior, pollen receipt and export, and changes in allele and genotype frequencies from initial Hardy‐ Weinberg conditions in experimental arrays of two color morphs of snapdragons ( Antirrhinum majus ) visited by freely foraging bumble bees ( Bombus appositus and B. flavifrons ). The number of pollen grains received by a flower depended most on the number of pollinator visits to the flower, whereas the number of grains exported was best predicted by the total time pollinators spent inside the flower. The pattern of mating generally was assortative with respect to color, as bees tended to overvisit one color or the other within a foraging bout. In arrays where nectar was augmented in one color, the augmented color received both more visits and longer visits. Allele and genotype frequencies in offspring samples were in accord with qualitative expectations based on the pollinator observations, demonstrating that pollinators can directly influence the evolution of single‐locus floral traits, at least under simplified experimental conditions.

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