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Reproductive character displacement and environmental filtering shape floral variation between sympatric sister taxa.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Nov 2016
Koski Matthew H, Ashman Tia-Lynn
Abstract excerpt
Divergence in reproductive traits between closely related species that co-occur contributes to speciation by reducing interspecific gene flow. In flowering plants, greater floral divergence in sympatry than allopatry may reflect reproductive character displacement (RCD) by means of divergent pollinator-mediated selection or mating system evolution. However, environmental filtering (EF) would prevail for floral...
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