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Evolution of floral symmetry: a state of the art

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SUMMARY Developmental constraints have been proposed to interfere with natural selection in limiting the available set of potential adaptations. Whereas this concept has long been debated on theoretical grounds, it has been investigated empirically only in a few studies. In this article, we evaluate the importance of developmental constraints during microsporogenesis (male meiosis in plants), with an emphasis on phylogenetic patterns in Asparagales. Different developmental constraints were tested by character reshuffling or by simulated distributions. Among the different characteristics of microsporogenesis, only cell wall formation appeared as constrained. We show that constraints may also result from biases in the correlated occurrence of developmental steps (e.g., lack of successive cytokinesis when wall formation is centripetal). We document such biases and their potential outcomes, notably the establishment of intermediate stages, which allow development to bypass such constraints. These insights are discussed with regard to potential selection on pollen morphology.

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hal-04421545 , version 1 (27-01-2024)

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Florian Jabbour, Sophie Nadot, Catherine Damerval. Evolution of floral symmetry: a state of the art. Comptes Rendus. Biologies, 2009, 332 (2-3), pp.219-231. ⟨10.1016/j.crvi.2008.07.011⟩. ⟨hal-04421545⟩
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