Article
Isolation barriers between petunia axillaris and Petunia integrifolia (Solanaceae).
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Jul 2011
Dell'olivo Alexandre, Hoballah Maria Elena, Gübitz Thomas, Kuhlemeier Cris
Abstract excerpt
The isolation barriers restricting gene flow between populations or species are of crucial interest for understanding how biological species arise and how they are maintained. Few studies have examined the entire range of possible isolation barriers from geographic isolation to next generation hybrid viability. Here, we present a detailed analysis of isolation barriers between two flowering plant species of the...
Topics
- Fertility
- Flowers
- Hybridization, Genetic
- Petunia
- Phenotype
- Pollination
- Reproduction
- Species Specificity
- Uruguay
