Article
Sexually concordant selection on floral traits despite greater opportunity for selection through male fitness.
The New phytologist - 1 Jan 2024
Hou Meng, Opedal Øystein H, Zhao Zhi-Gang
Abstract excerpt
Pollinators are important drivers of floral trait evolution, yet plant populations are not always perfectly adapted to their pollinators. Such apparent maladaptation may result from conflicting selection through male and female sexual functions in hermaphrodites. We studied sex-specific mating patterns and phenotypic selection on floral traits in Aconitum gymnandrum. After genotyping 1786 offspring, we...
Topics
- Reproduction
- Flowers
- Inflorescence
- Phenotype
- Ranunculaceae
- Pollination
- Selection, Genetic
