Flower Color Evolution and the Evidence of Pollinator-Mediated Selection.

ABSTRACT: The evolution of floral traits in animal-pollinated plants involves the interaction between flowers as signal senders and pollinators as signal receivers. Flower colors are very diverse, effect pollinator attraction and flower foraging behavior, and are hypothesized to be shaped through pollinator-mediated selection. However, most of our current understanding of flower color evolution arises from variation between discrete color morphs and completed color shifts accompanying pollinator shifts, while evidence for pollinator-mediated selection on continuous variation in flower colors within populations is still scarce. In this review, we summarize experiments quantifying selection on continuous flower color variation in natural plant populations in the context of pollinator interactions. We

SUBMITTER: Trunschke J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8350172 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature