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A dominant-negative actin mutation alters corolla tube width and pollinator visitation in Mimulus lewisii.
The New phytologist - 1 Mar 2017
Ding Baoqing, Mou Fengjuan, Sun Wei, Chen Shilin, Peng Foen, Bradshaw Harvey D, Yuan Yao-Wu
Abstract excerpt
A third of all angiosperm species produce flowers with petals fused into a corolla tube. The various elaborations of corolla tube attributes, such as length, width and curvature, have enabled plants to exploit many specialized pollinator groups. These elaborations often differ dramatically among closely related species, contributing to pollinator shift and pollinator-mediated reproductive isolation and...
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