ArticleEvolutionary ecology research2008
The genetic correlation between flower size and water use efficiency in monkeyflowers.
Article in Evolutionary ecology research, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Floral symmetry is associated with contrasting hydraulic strategies and trait coordination in angiosperm flowers.Plant diversity · 2026Article
- How early does the selfing syndrome arise? Associations between selfing ability and flower size within populations of the mixed-mater Collinsia verna.American journal of botany · 2022Article
- The genomic signal of partial sweeps in Mimulus guttatus.Genome biology and evolution · 2013Article
- Tests for the joint evolution of mating system and drought escape in Mimulus.Annals of botany · 2012Article
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Abstract
questionDoes water loss during drought stress represent an important physiological constraint on the evolution of flower size? ORGANISM: A genetically diverse population of Mimulus guttatus (yellow monkeyflower) originally sampled from an alpine meadow in Oregon, USA.
methodsWe grew plants of three different genotypic classes (small, medium, and large flowered) under both well-watered and drought-stress conditions and measured water use efficiency using stable carbon isotopes.
resultsThere was no difference in water use efficiency among flower size genotypes under well-watered conditions, but the water use efficiency of small-flowered plants was substantially lower than that of medium or large genotypes under drought stress. Whether this paradoxical result is a direct effect of flower size or an indirect (i.e. pleiotropic) effect, the presence of a genetic correlation between floral and physiological traits indicates that selection of one does impact the other.
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