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SUBMITTER: Gervasi DD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5424062 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gervasi Daniel D L DD Schiestl Florian P FP
Nature communications 20170314
Pollinator-driven diversification is thought to be a major source of floral variation in plants. Our knowledge of this process is, however, limited to indirect assessments of evolutionary changes. Here, we employ experimental evolution with fast cycling Brassica rapa plants to demonstrate adaptive evolution driven by different pollinators. Our study shows pollinator-driven divergent selection as well as divergent evolution in plant traits. Plants pollinated by bumblebees evolved taller size and ...[more]