Decrease of sexual organ reciprocity between heterostylous primrose species, with possible functional and evolutionary implications

Annals of Botany

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1233-1244

  Keller, Barbara ^a   De Vos, Jurriaan M ^a   Conti, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

distyly; floral morphology; heterostyly; hybridization; pollen flow; pre mating barriers; primrose; Primula; reciprocal herkogamy; reproductive isolation; sexual organ reciprocity; speciation

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; DICOTYLEDON; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLORAL TRAIT; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HYBRIDIZATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLEN RAIN; POLYMORPHISM; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HYBRIDIZATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; PRIMULACEAE; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FLOWERS; GENETIC SPECIATION; GEOGRAPHY; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; POLLEN; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRIMULA; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

PRIMULA; PRIMULA ELATIOR; PRIMULA VERIS; PRIMULA VULGARIS;

EID: 84868015415     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcs199     Document Type: Article

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