Flower evolution in the presence of heterospecific gene flow and its contribution to lineage divergence.

Abstract excerpt

The success of species depends on their ability to exploit ecological resources in order to optimize their reproduction. However, species are not usually found within single-species ecosystems but in complex communities. Because of their genetic relatedness, closely related lineages tend to cluster within the same ecosystem, rely on the same resources, and be phenotypically similar. In sympatry, they will...

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• Biological Evolution
• Ecosystem
• Flowers
• Gene Flow
• Genetic Speciation
• Phenotype