Modularity and intra-floral integration in metameric organisms: Plants are more than the sum of their parts

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1649, 2014, Pages

  Diggle, Pamela K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Architectural effects; Flower morphology; Integration; Modularity

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; FLORAL TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLEN;

EID: 84903891520     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0253     Document Type: Article

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