How the switch to hummingbird pollination has greatly contributed to our understanding of evolutionary processes
© 2023 The Authors New Phytologist © 2023 New Phytologist Foundation.
| Veröffentlicht in: | The New phytologist. - 1979. - 241(2024), 1 vom: 19. Jan., Seite 59-64 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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2024
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | The New phytologist |
| Schlagworte: | Journal Article Review complex adaptation floral evolution flower color genetic architecture hummingbird pollination pollination syndrome |
| Zusammenfassung: | © 2023 The Authors New Phytologist © 2023 New Phytologist Foundation. The evolutionary switch to hummingbird pollination exemplifies complex adaptation, requiring evolutionary change in multiple component traits. Despite this complexity, diverse lineages have converged on hummingbird-adapted flowers on a relatively short evolutionary timescale. Here, I review how features of the genetic basis of adaptation contribute to this remarkable evolutionary lability. Large-effect substitutions, large mutational targets for adaptation, adaptive introgression, and concentrated architecture all contribute to the origin and maintenance of hummingbird-adapted flowers. The genetic features of adaptation are likely shaped by the ecological and geographic context of the switch to hummingbird pollination, with implications for future evolutionary trajectories |
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| Beschreibung: | Date Completed 11.12.2023 Date Revised 07.02.2024 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1469-8137 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/nph.19335 |