ReviewPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2014
Modularity and intra-floral integration in metameric organisms: plants are more than the sum of their parts.
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- Modularity increases rate of floral evolution and adaptive success for functionally specialized pollination systems.Communications biology · 2019Article
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- Genetic and environmental integration of the hawkmoth pollination syndrome in Ruellia humilis (Acanthaceae).Annals of botany · 2017Article
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- Asymmetry and integration of cellular morphology in Micrasterias compereana.BMC evolutionary biology · 2017Article
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Abstract
Within-individual variation in virtually every conceivable morphological and functional feature of reiterated structures is a pervasive feature of plant phenotypes. In particular, architectural effects, regular, repeatable patterns of intra-individual variation in form and function that are associated with position are nearly ubiquitous. Yet, flowers also are predicted to be highly integrated. For animal-pollinated plants, the coordination of multiple organs within each flower is required to achieve the complex functions of pollinator attraction and orientation, pollen donation and pollen receipt. To the extent that pollinators may select for multiple independent functions, phenotypic integration within flowers may also be modular. That is, subsets of floral structures may be integrated but vary independently of other subsets of structures that are themselves integrated. How can phenotypic integration and modularity be understood within the context of architectural effects? This essay reviews recent research on patterns of floral integration and modularity and explores the potential for spatial and temporal changes in the selective environment of individual flowers to result in positional variation in patterns of morphological integration.
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