Pansies undergo high-speed evolution when pollinators disappear
French researchers used ‘resurrection ecology’ to compare 2012 pansies with plants from twenty years earlier to see the evolutionary changes in the flowers over time.
Plant Science from Cell Biology to Ecosystems
French researchers used ‘resurrection ecology’ to compare 2012 pansies with plants from twenty years earlier to see the evolutionary changes in the flowers over time.
Results show that most pollen dispersal in subsp. axillaris occurs within populations and there is a high proportion of inbreeding.