The search for Pleiades in trait constellations: Functional integration and phenotypic selection in the complex flowers of Morrenia brachystephana (Apocynaceae)

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 724-736

  Baranzelli, M C ^a   Sersic A N ^a   Cocucci, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Asclepiadoideae; Complex phenotype; Correlational evolution; Floral integration; Phenotypic selection; Plant pollinator interaction; Pollination

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION;

APOCYNACEAE; ASCLEPIADOIDEAE; MORRENIA BRACHYSTEPHANA;

ANIMAL; APOCYNACEAE; ARTICLE; ASCLEPIADOIDEAE; COMPLEX PHENOTYPE; CORRELATIONAL EVOLUTION; FLORAL INTEGRATION; FLOWER; GENETIC SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; WASP;

ASCLEPIADOIDEAE; COMPLEX PHENOTYPE; CORRELATIONAL EVOLUTION; FLORAL INTEGRATION; PHENOTYPIC SELECTION; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION;

ANIMALS; APOCYNACEAE; FLOWERS; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION, GENETIC; WASPS;

EID: 84896316121     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12341     Document Type: Article

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