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Flower symmetry in Antirrhinum species.
All species show bilateral symmetry, yet genes controlling flower symmetry vary in expression between species. Cryptic variation of this kind for multiple genetic loci may underlie the phenomenon of hybrid vigor (see Rosas et al., e1000429). Species from left to right, and top to bottom: A. australe; A. linkianum; A. mollissimum; A. sempervirens; A. striatum; A. charidemi; A. molle; A. pseudomajus; A. graniticum; A. siculum; A. hispanicum; A. lopesianum; A. pulverulentum; A. litigiosum; A. latifolium; A. tortuosum.
Image Credit: Jenny Pateman
Citation: (2010) PLoS Biology Issue Image | Vol. 8(7) July 2010. PLoS Biol 8(7): ev08.i07. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pbio.v08.i07
Published: July 27, 2010
Copyright: © 2010 Rosas et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
All species show bilateral symmetry, yet genes controlling flower symmetry vary in expression between species. Cryptic variation of this kind for multiple genetic loci may underlie the phenomenon of hybrid vigor (see Rosas et al., e1000429). Species from left to right, and top to bottom: A. australe; A. linkianum; A. mollissimum; A. sempervirens; A. striatum; A. charidemi; A. molle; A. pseudomajus; A. graniticum; A. siculum; A. hispanicum; A. lopesianum; A. pulverulentum; A. litigiosum; A. latifolium; A. tortuosum.
Image Credit: Jenny Pateman