Convergent evolution of a novel blood-red nectar pigment in vertebrate-pollinated flowers
R. Roy, N. Moreno, S. A. Brockman, A. Kostanecki, A. Zambre, C. Holl, E. M. Solhaug, A. Minami, E. Snell-Rood, M. Hampton, M. A. Bee, Y. Chiari, A. D. Hegeman, C. Carter
This paper identifies a novel blood-red nectar pigment in two distantly related plants, showing convergent evolution through similar enzymatic pathways but different genes.
bioRxiv · Mar 24, 2021Evolutionary Biology