Article
The genetic basis of traits associated with the evolution of serpentine endemism in monkeyflowers.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 4 Jan 2024
Toll Katherine, Willis John H
Abstract excerpt
The floras on chemically and physically challenging soils, such as gypsum, shale, and serpentine, are characterized by narrowly endemic species. The evolution of edaphic endemics may be facilitated or constrained by genetic correlations among traits contributing to adaptation and reproductive isolation across soil boundaries. The yellow monkeyflowers in the Mimulus guttatus species complex are an ideal system in...
Topics
- Mimulus
- Quantitative Trait Loci
- Phenotype
- Chromosome Mapping
- Soil
- Flowers
