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Quantitative trait loci affecting differences in floral morphology between two species of monkeyflower (Mimulus).
Genetics - 1 May 1998
Bradshaw H D, Otto K G, Frewen B E, McKay J K, Schemske D W
Abstract excerpt
Conspicuous differences in floral morphology are partly responsible for reproductive isolation between two sympatric species of monkeyflower because of their effect on visitation of the flowers by different pollinators. Mimulus lewisii flowers are visited primarily by bumblebees, whereas M. cardinalis flowers are visited mostly by hummingbirds. The genetic control of 12 morphological differences between the...
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