Associations between sex-organ deployment and morph bias in related heterostylous taxa with different stylar polymorphisms.

@article{Ferrero2017AssociationsBS,
  title={Associations between sex-organ deployment and morph bias in related heterostylous taxa with different stylar polymorphisms.},
  author={Victoria Ferrero and Spencer C. H. Barrett and Danny Rojas and Juan Arroyo and Luis Navarro},
  journal={American journal of botany},
  year={2017},
  volume={104 1},
  pages={
          50-61
        }
}
PREMISE OF THE STUDY Populations of heterostylous species are characterized by two or three floral morphs with reciprocal positioning of stigmas and anthers. Theoretical models predict equal morph frequencies (isoplethy) when disassortative mating is prevalent in populations, but biased morph ratios may occur when variation in the expression of heterostyly causes deviations from intermorph mating. METHODS We explore the role of sex-organ deployment in governing morph ratios in two closely… 
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