Understanding the factors that drive the maintenance of polymorphisms in plant populations has long been of interest to evolutionary biology. Variation in floral traits has often been attributed to selection by pollinators, but recent evidence suggests that other biotic and abiotic agents may also contribute to floral trait differentiation. In the hemiparasitic species Castillea coccinea, populations are characterized by two distinct morphs with either red or yellow floral bract color. This study investigated the potential drivers of floral trait variation in C. coccinea, including indirect selection through pleiotropic associations of floral color, as well as possible pollinator-mediated selection.

Last modified

• 11/08/2023

Creator

• Braum, Anna

DOI

• https://doi.org/10.21985/N28B4Z

Subject

• plant biology

Publisher

• Northwestern University Libraries

Language

• English

Keyword

• plant biology

Date created

• 4/4/14

Resource type

• Masters Thesis

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• In Copyright

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• All rights reserved