Ontogeny refers to the genetically regulated shifts in phenotypic traits across developmental phases. While ontogenetic variation is well documented for some plant traits, there is a lack of research investigating the potential of these developmental …
Traits in wild relatives of crop species can help breed sustainable crop varieties that produce more food with fewer resources. To make use of this variation, we need to find the genetic regions that allow wild species to use water and nutrients more …
Stomata are a model trait to study the causes leading to variation and constraint on phenotypic evolution.
Using stomata to study phenotypic evolution.
The paleontologist David Raup introduced the concept of a morphospace, the theoretical limits on morphological variation among organisms. Organisms past and present rarely occupy all areas of their theoretical morphospace, but we rarely know why. …
Are organisms free to reach their adaptive optima or constrained by hard-wired developmental programs? Recent evidence suggests that the arrangement of stomata on abaxial (lower) and adaxial (upper) leaf surfaces may be an important adaptation in …
A distributed phylogenetic comparative analysis on stomatal evolution