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I'm a doctoral student in evolutionary ecology; D & T is my personal 'blog, and my top topics are science, religion, and politics, with particular interest in the interface between science and religion.
Jeremy Yoder
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- July 18, 2008
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Specialization: not always a dead end
by Jeremy Yoder in Denim and Tweed
Tripp and Manos found that some specialized pollination syndromes are dead ends, but one, the hummingbird syndrome, isn't. Hawkmoth- and bat-pollinated species tended to have evolved from ancestors with the bee/insect syndrome, and they seem to be "stuck" once they get there.... Read more »
E Tripp, & P S Manos. (2008) Is Floral Specialization an Evolutionary Dead-End? Pollination System Transitions in Ruellia (Acanthaceae). Evolution, 62(7), 1712-1737. DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00398.x
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