Season-dependent effect of cleistogamy in Lamium amplexicaule: flower type origin versus inbreeding status.

abstract：UNLABELLED: PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Microsatellite primers were developed in Paeonia lactiflora for further population genetic studies. • METHODS AND RESULTS:Ten dinucleotide microsatellite markers were developed using an enriched genomic library. They were identified in 58 individuals, and nine markers were also amplif...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Sun J,Yuan J,Wang B,Pan J,Zhang D

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Microsatellite primers were developed in the native legume tree Anadenanthera colubrina var. cebil to study the genetic diversity and genetic structure in natural populations in Argentina. METHODS AND RESULTS:Nine microsatellite markers were identified using a genomic library enriched for tandemly...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Barrandeguy ME,Prinz K,García MV,Finkeldey R

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Fossilized seeds similar to Cissus (Vitaceae) have been recognized from the Miocene of Kenya, though some were previously assigned to the Menispermaceae. We undertook a comparative survey of extant African Cissus seeds to identify the fossils and consider their implications for the evolution and bi...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Adams NF,Collinson ME,Smith SY,Bamford MK,Forest F,Malakasi P,Marone F,Sykes D

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The boreotropical flora concept suggests that relictual tropical disjunctions between Asia and the Americas are a result of the expansion of the circumboreal tropical flora from the middle to the close of the Eocene. Subsequently, temperate species diverged at high latitudes and migrated to other continents. To test t...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Azuma H,García-Franco JG,Rico-Gray V,Thien LB

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the role of mother plants as pollen recipients in shaping mating patterns is essential for understanding the evolution of populations and in particular to predict the consequence of habitat fragmentation. Here, we investigated variation in mating patterns due to maternal phenotypic traits, phenological v...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Oddou-Muratorio S,Klein EK,Demesure-Musch B,Austerlitz F

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior field studies have shown that populations of forest herbs on relatively nutrient poor soils have higher vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal (VAM) infection intensity than plants on rich soils. However, the growth responses and ability to take up P against the soil nutrient gradient are often not linearly related to...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Boerner REJ

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Developmental and physiological studies of roots are frequently limited to a post-germination stage. In Arabidopsis, a developmental change in the root meristem architecture during plant ontogenesis has not previously been studied and is addressed presently. Arabidopsis thaliana have closed root apical organization, i...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Baum SF,Dubrovsky JG,Rost TL

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Factors shaping spatiotemporal patterns of associations in mutualistic systems are poorly understood. We used the lichen-forming fungi Peltigera and their cyanobacterial partners Nostoc to investigate the spatial structure of this symbiosis at an intrabiome scale and to identify potential factors s...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Lu J,Magain N,Miadlikowska J,Coyle JR,Truong C,Lutzoni F

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although theory has demonstrated rather low levels of gene flow are sufficient to counteract opposing mutation, drift, and selection, widespread recognition of the evolutionary importance of gene flow has come slowly. The perceived role of gene flow as an evolutionary force has vacillated over the last century. In the...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Ellstrand NC

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED: PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Invasive plant species threaten native plants in multiple ways, one of which is genetic assimilation through hybridization. However, information regarding hybridization between related alien and native plant species is generally lacking. In Hawaii, the invasive Central American species...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Knope ML,Pender RJ,Crawford DJ,Wieczorek AM

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Geographic differences in flower visitor assemblages might lead to among-population differences in the magnitude and pattern of floral integration. However, the role of current pollinator visitation in shaping the magnitude and pattern of floral trait correlations is still controversial. METHODS:W...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Lázaro A,Santamaría L

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Koelreuteria (Sapindaceae) has four extant deciduous tree species, disjunctly distributed in eastern Asia and the Fiji Islands. While K. paniculata is widely cultivated, the biogeographic origin and evolutionary history of Koelreuteria remain unclear. METHODS:Fruits, pollen, wood, and leaves of cl...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Wang Q,Manchester SR,Gregor HJ,Shen S,Li ZY

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Evolutionary and biogeographic history, including past environmental change and diversification processes, are likely to have influenced the expansion, migration, and extinction of populations, creating evolutionary legacy effects that influence regional species pools and the composition of communi...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Cavender-Bares J,Kothari S,Meireles JE,Kaproth MA,Manos PS,Hipp AL

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED: PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Diversification of floral traits in angiosperms is often attributed to have been driven by adaptations to pollinators. Nevertheless, phylogenetic studies on the relationships among evolutionary changes in floral traits and pollination systems are still limited. We examined the relation...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Sakai S,Kawakita A,Ooi K,Inoue T

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED: PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Taxonomic groups have often been recognized on the basis of geographic distinctions rather than accurately representing evolutionary relationships. This has been particularly true for temperate and tropical members from the same family. Polygonaceae exemplifies this problem, wherein th...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Burke JM,Sanchez A,Kron K,Luckow M

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:A prevailing hypothesis in forest succession is that shade-tolerant species grow more slowly than shade-intolerant species, across light conditions, because they prioritize carbon (C) allocation to storage. We examined this hypothesis in a confamilial pair of species, including one of the fastest-g...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Piper FI,Sepúlveda P,Bustos-Salazar A,Zúñiga-Feest A

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent surveys of seed coat morphology in Lobelioideae (Campanulaceae) have demonstrated the systematic utility of such data in the subfamily and led to a revision of the supraspecific classification of Lobelia. Expanding upon these studies, we examined via scanning electron microscopy 41 seed accessions, emphasizing ...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Buss CC,Lammers TG,Wise RR

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a wet oligotrophic meadow located in the Czech Republic, a factorial experiment with treatments consisting of fertilization, mowing, and removal of the dominant species (Molinia caerulea) was established in 1994. In 1997 Holcus lanatus, Molinia caerulea, Potentilla erecta, Prunella vulgaris, and Ranunculus auricomu...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Titus JH,Leps J

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incarvillea is a herbaceous and temperate member of Bignoniaceae, previously divided into four subgenera, Niedzwedzkia, Amphicome, Incarvillea, and Pteroscleris. Niedzwedzkia and Amphicome have in the past been treated as independent genera. Different relationships have been proposed for the four subgenera. Here, maxi...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Chen S,Guan K,Zhou Z,Olmstead R,Cronk Q

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the crown-building phase, the mechanical architecture of the trunk of Aralia spinosa exhibits considerable ontogenetic variation. All trunks were tapered along their length, and taper was dependent on both ramet size and age; older, larger trunks were more tapered than younger, smaller trunks. Trunk specific gr...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Briand CH,Campion SM,Dzambo DA,Wilson KA

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Plants adjust their phenology in response to seasonal cues experienced both by their parents and by themselves, and coordinating responses to these cues is necessary for expressing adaptive phenology. We investigated how cues are integrated across time to influence an important progeny phenotype, i...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Imaizumi T,Auge G,Donohue K

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:A total of 38 polymorphic microsatellite loci of the Indian jujube (Ziziphus mauritiana), an economically important fruit tree, were developed to evaluate genetic diversity and aid in the identification of cultivars. METHODS AND RESULTS:The 38 microsatellite markers were isolated from the Indian j...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Chiou CY,Chiang YC,Chen CH,Yen CR,Lee SR,Lin YS,Tsai CC

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE:The genus Arisaema (Araceae) has rapidly diversified in Japan, and multiple species often coexist in the field. Although Japanese Arisaema species hybridize from artificial crossing, hybrid individuals are rare in mixed populations; suggesting the presence of effective pre-pollination barriers. We examined the ...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Matsumoto TK,Miyazaki Y,Sueyoshi M,Senda Y,Yamada K,Hirobe M

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pinus rzedowskii is an endangered pine species from Michoacán (central México), which has been previously reported from only three localities. Classified within the subgenus Strobus, it exhibits intermediate morphological characters between subgenera Strobus and Pinus. We analyzed genetic aspects that could shed light...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Delgado P,Piñero D,Chaos A,Pérez-Nasser N,Alvarez-Buylla ER

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Floral organogenesis and development of the tropical legume trees Haematoxylum campechianum (logwood) and H. brasiletto (brazilwood) were studied using scanning electron microscopy. The aims were to compare ontogenies, and to elucidate the relationships of Haematoxylum with other genera of Caesalpinieae, the basal tri...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Tucker S,Kantz K

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The American chestnut (Castanea dentata; Fagaceae) was a dominant canopy tree in the Appalachian Mountains of North America. Since the introduction of the chestnut blight fungus (Cryphonectria parasitica; Valsaceae) in America, the American chestnut has been reduced to a predominantly clonal, understory species. Our o...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Stilwell KL,Wilbur HM,Werth CR,Taylor DR

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of microgravity on cellulose synthesis using the model system of Acetobacter xylinum was the subject of recent investigations using The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Reduced Gravity Laboratory, a modified KC-135 aircraft designed to produce 20 sec of microgravity during the top of a parabo...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Brown RM Jr,Kudlicka K,Cousins SK,Nagy R

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE:Distylous species possess two floral morphs with reciprocal positioning of stigmas and anthers that is hypothesized to promote disassortative pollination. Theoretical models predict equal morph frequencies, but many populations depart from the expected 1:1 ratio, a pattern that often correlates with asymmetric ...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Matias R,Pérez-Barrales R,Consolaro H

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The eudicot order Malpighiales contains ∼16000 species and is the most poorly resolved large rosid clade. To clarify phylogenetic relationships in the order, we used maximum likelihood, Bayesian, and parsimony analyses of DNA sequence data from 13 gene regions, totaling 15604 bp, and representing all three genomic com...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Wurdack KJ,Davis CC

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Seed cone scales assigned to the genus Schizolepidopsis are widespread in Late Triassic to Cretaceous Eurasian deposits. They have been linked to the conifer family Pinaceae based on associated vegetative remains, but their exact affinities are uncertain. Recently discovered material from the Early...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Leslie AB,Glasspool I,Herendeen PS,Ichinnorov N,Knopf P,Takahashi M,Crane PR

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00