Publication Date:
2006-08-19
Description:
To understand evolutionary paths connecting diverse biological forms, we defined a three-dimensional genotypic space separating two flower color morphs of Antirrhinum. A hybrid zone between morphs showed a steep cline specifically at genes controlling flower color differences, indicating that these loci are under selection. Antirrhinum species with diverse floral phenotypes formed a U-shaped cloud within the genotypic space. We propose that this cloud defines an evolutionary path that allows flower color to evolve while circumventing less-adaptive regions. Hybridization between morphs located in different arms of the U-shaped path yields low-fitness genotypes, accounting for the observed steep clines at hybrid zones.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Whibley, Annabel C -- Langlade, Nicolas B -- Andalo, Christophe -- Hanna, Andrew I -- Bangham, Andrew -- Thebaud, Christophe -- Coen, Enrico -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2006 Aug 18;313(5789):963-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Colney Lane, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16917061" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Adaptation, Biological
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Alleles
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Antirrhinum/classification/*genetics
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Base Sequence
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*Biological Evolution
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Crosses, Genetic
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Flowers/*genetics
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Gene Flow
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Gene Frequency
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Genes, Plant
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*Genetic Speciation
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Genotype
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Haplotypes
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Hybridization, Genetic
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Models, Genetic
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Phenotype
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Phylogeny
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Pigmentation/*genetics
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Pigments, Biological/genetics
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Principal Component Analysis
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Selection, Genetic
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
