Pigment-regulating small siRNAs from YUP locus are responsible for speciation of monkeyflowers
Plant Science Research WeeklyIt has always been of interest to the plant community to understand the mechanisms behind the evolution of diverse floral carotenoid pigmentation within a genus. In this paper, Liang et al. investigated the mechanism behind monkeyflowers (Mimulus spp.) speciation driven by the flower color locus, YELLOW…
To stripe or not to stripe in monkeyflower leaves
Plant Science Research WeeklyIn biology nothing makes sense but in the light of evolution. However, understanding how new traits can appear through modification of pre-existing elements has been a complex question in evolutionary biology. LaFountain et al. studied a population of a species of monkeyflower (Mimulus verbenaceus) which…