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- Title
- Examples of intraspecific genetic variation in plants
- Author
- Dr. Kenneth D. Whitney University of California Center for Population Biology and Sec of Evolution One Shields Avenue Davis California 95616 USA
- Description
- Fruit color polymorphisms, Acacia ligulata
- Fruit color polymorphisms are striking examples of intraspecific genetic variation
in plants that can interact with animal associates such as seed dispersers.
Diaspores of the Australian desert shrub Acacia ligulata (Fabaceae)
are composed of a black seed (ca. 5 mm in length) surmounted by a colored, lipid-rich
aril (ca. 2.5 mm). The three color morphs-red, orange, and yellow-are dispersed
by both ants and birds.
- Publisher
- Botanical Society of America
- Additional data
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copyright: Kenneth D. Whitney, BSA
license: http://images.botany.org/index.html#license
- Collection
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Population Biology
- Botanical Name
- Acacia ligulata (Fabaceae)
- Location Country
- Australia
- Link URL
- http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/short/92/5/859
- Link Title
- Linking frugivores to the dynamics of a fruit color polymorphism
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