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Genic rather than genome-wide differences between sexually deceptive Ophrys orchids with different pollinators.
Molecular ecology - 1 Dec 2014
Sedeek Khalid E M, Scopece Giovanni, Staedler Yannick M, Schönenberger Jürg, Cozzolino Salvatore, Schiestl Florian P, Schlüter Philipp M
Abstract excerpt
High pollinator specificity and the potential for simple genetic changes to affect pollinator attraction make sexually deceptive orchids an ideal system for the study of ecological speciation, in which change of flower odour is likely important. This study surveys reproductive barriers and differences in floral phenotypes in a group of four closely related, coflowering sympatric Ophrys species and uses a...
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