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Evolution and Genetics of Floral Color Polymorphisms in Clarkia gracilis ssp. sonomensis and Erythronium umbilicatum
<p>Floral color polymorphisms are pervasive in nature. Understanding the genetic basis of such polymorphisms allows us to address major evolutionary questions including: what types of genetic changes contribute to the evolution of phenotypic diversification? Have they arisen from new or …
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Mathematical quantification and statistical analysis of bombus (hymenoptera:apidae) dorsal color patterns
… evolutionary adaptation and visual signaling via color patterns since Fritz Müller first noticed it among Amazonian Heliconius butterflies. It has been documented in a wide variety of taxa, vertebrate and invertebrate alike, from birds to Chauliognathus beetles and bees. In bumble bees (Bombus), …