'A most complex marriage arrangement': recent advances on heterostyly and unresolved questions

SCH Barrett - New Phytologist, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Heterostylous genetic polymorphisms provide paradigmatic systems for investigating
adaptation and natural selection. Populations are usually comprised of two (distyly) or three …

Reciprocal herkogamy promotes disassortative mating in a distylous species with intramorph compatibility

W Zhou, SCH Barrett, H Wang, DZ Li - New Phytologist, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Mating patterns in heterostylous species with intramorph compatibility have the potential to
deviate from symmetrical disassortative mating owing to ecological and reproductive factors …

[HTML][HTML] Elevation-related variation in the population characteristics of distylous Primula nivalis affects female fitness and inbreeding depression

A Abdusalam, QJ Li - Plant diversity, 2019 - Elsevier
The population characteristics of distylous species are highly sensitive to stochastic natural
selection pressure. Therefore, populations growing under different environmental conditions …

Variation in heterostylous breeding systems in neighbouring populations of Oxalis alpina (Oxalidaceae)

SG Weller, AK Sakai, T Gray, JJ Weber… - Plant …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The heterostylous reproductive system of Oxalis alpina in the Galiuro Mts. of Arizona was
investigated using field surveys, controlled crosses in the greenhouse and measurements of …

Variation in style morph frequencies in tristylous Lythrum salicaria in the Iberian Peninsula: the role of geographical and demographic factors

J Costa, S Castro, J Loureiro, SCH Barrett - Annals of botany, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims The balance between stochastic forces and negative
frequency-dependent selection largely determines style morph frequencies in heterostylous …

Architectural constraints, male fertility variation and biased floral morph ratios in tristylous populations

NL da Cunha, SCH Barrett - Heredity, 2019 - nature.com
Tristyly is a genetic polymorphism in which populations are comprised of three floral morphs
(mating types) differing reciprocally in sex-organ height. Intermorph (disassortative) mating …