Selection and Floral Evolution in Platanthera bifolia and P. chlorantha (Orchidaceae)

Natural selection mediated by pollinators has influenced the evolution of floral diversity of the flowering plants (angiosperms). The scope of this thesis was to study: 1) phenotypic selection, 2) mating systems, and 3) floral shifts involved in plant speciation. Model plant species were Platanthera...

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Main Author: Maad, Johanne
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för evolutionsbiologi 2002
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