Evolutionary Transitions in Floral Color

By M. Rausher. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL PLANT SCIENCES, 2008

376 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, Plant Science

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. P. Wilson
2. James D. Thomson
3. B. G. Baldwin
4. M. Rausher
5. J. Ghazoul
6. Ørjan Totland

In Molecular Biology

1. James D. Thomson
2. P. Wilson
3. B. G. Baldwin

In Plant Science

1. P. Wilson
2. James D. Thomson
3. B. G. Baldwin
4. M. Rausher

Citations in the corpus

• Abiotic factors may explain the geographical distribution of flower colour morphs and the maintenance of colour polymorphism in the scarlet pimpernel (2013, background): “However, there are only relatively few direct demonstrations of pollinators exerting selection on flower colour variation, and recent studies have emphasized the need to critically reconsider the role attributed to pollinators in modelling floral characters (e.g. Clegg & Durbin 2000; Warren & Macken”
• Origins of Plant Diversity in the California Floristic Province (2014, background): “…reversible (Barrett 2013), as in the highly diverse Penstemon and Keckiella (Plantaginaceae), possibly because of high efficiency of hummingbirds as pollinators (Wilson et al. 2007) or mutational disruption of the anthocyanin biosynthetic pathway with the shift to red corollas (Rausher 2008).”
• Explaining Evolutionary Shifts between Bee and Hummingbird Pollination: Convergence, Divergence, and Directionality (2008, background): “For example, red colors might spread by deterring bees that have become conditional parasites (Raven 1972); improvements such as exserting the anthers and stigma probably make birds less wasteful transporters of pollen (Castellanos et al. 2004).”
• Flower colour and phylogeny along an altitudinal gradient in the Himalayas of Nepal (2014, background): “Floral colour is often highly labile among closely related species (Rausher 2008; Smith, Ane & Baum 2008; Eaton et al. 2012), so large colour disparity within the wide but not dense taxon sampling of this study is unsurprising.”