financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32271693);the Cultivating Plan Program for the Leader in Science and Technology of Yunnan Province(202405AC350111)to ZQZ.
Mating patterns in angiosperms are typically nonrandom,yet the mechanisms driving nonrandom mating remain unclear,especially regarding the effects of quantitative floral traits on plant mating success across male and ...
The research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32070244);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.
How species diverge into different lineages is a central issue in evolutionary biology.Despite the increasing evidence indicating that such divergences do not need geographic isolation,the correlation between lineage ...
This work was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of Shaanxi Normal University(Grant No.GK202002011,No.GK202103077 to J.Q.Zhang);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.2017TS030);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.31700180).
Traits are basic attributes of organisms that form the basis for speciation and diversity.The floral nectar spur is a classic example of a key innovative trait.Differences in nectar spur morphology can lead to pollina...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31700180 and 31330007);the fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of Shaanxi Normal University(GK202002011)。
Spurs have played an important role in the radiation of the genus Aquilegia,but little is known about how the spurless state arose in A.ecalcarata.Here we aim to characterize the genetic divergence within A.ecalcarata...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.31330007,31700180);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China(Grant Nos.2018TS072,2017TS030).
Aquilegia ecalcarata Maxim.is the only spurless species within the genus Aquilegia and comprises a monophyletic clade with A.yabeana Kitag.,A.kansuensis Briuhl,and A.rockii Munz.our previous study on the genetic diver...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.31930008,31870207,and 31570227);the CAS/SAFEA International Partnership Program for Creative Research Teams,and the National Ten Thousand Talents Program of China.
The genus Aquilegia(Ranunculaceae)has been cultivated as ornamental and medicinal plants for centuries.With petal spurs of strikingly diverse size and shape,Aquilegia has also been recognized as an excellent system fo...
financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (31760104, 41461014, 31460040, and 31870183)
Variations of nectar spur length allow pollinators to utilize resources in novel ways,leading to the different selective pressures on spurs and allowing taxa to diversify.However,the mechanisms underlying spur length ...
We thank Li Sun, Wei Zhai, and Xiao-Peng Chang for sample collection and other members of Ren's group for their technical assistance. We are grateful to Professor Hong-Zhi Kong (institute of Botany, CAS)for valuable comments on this study, and to Xiao-Hui Zhang and Xu-Mei Wang for valuable comments and smoothing the manuscript. This work wassupported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31700180).
The genus Aquilegia is emerging as the new model system for plant development, ecology, and evolution studies. Previous research showed that pollinator shift might drive the diversification of North American Aquilegia...
Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación(MICINN,project CGL2006-02848);FEDER funds of the European Commission;MICINN grant(BES-2007-16060 to R.J.).
Aims This study explores the patterns of niche differentiation in a group of seven closely related columbines(genus Aquilegia,ranunculaceae)from the Iberian Peninsula.Populations of these columbines are subject to com...
Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia(BOS2003-03979-C02-02 and CGL2006-02848);Formación de Personal Investigador grant(BES-2004-3387 to J.M.B.).
Aims Phenotypic plasticity and local adaptation of populations at their distributional limits are crucial to understand species colonization and persistence in novel or marginal environments,as well as spe-cies diverg...