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Flowers occupy color-space extremes: an anthocyanin-derived theoretical floral color-space approach.
American journal of botany - 1 Jan 2026
Watts Jacob L, Medina Nicolás, Kiel Carrie, Luján Manuel, Smith Stacey D, Manzitto-Tripp Erin A
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PREMISE: Floral color is a stunning, complex trait that has long served as a model for connecting genetics, development, evolution, and ecology. Nevertheless, few mechanistic models relate flower color to the pigments that produce variation, nor has there been much exploration into theoretically possible flower color variation. Here we explored these topics using an anthocyanin-derived theoretical color-space...
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