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(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...
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...