{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Poulin V"],"funding":["Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada"],"pagination":["e0267540"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9295946"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["17(7)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Floral adaptations to specific pollinators like corolla shape variation often result in reproductive isolation and thus speciation. But despite their ecological importance, the genetic bases of corolla shape transitions are still poorly understood, especially outside model species. Hence, our goal was to identify candidate genes potentially involved in corolla shape variation between two closely related species of the Rhytidophyllum genus (Gesneriaceae family) from the Antilles with contrasting pollination strategies. Rhytidophyllum rupincola has a tubular corolla and is strictly pollinated by hummingbirds, whereas R. auriculatum has more open flowers and is pollinated by hummingbirds, bats, and insects. We surveyed the literature and used a comparative transcriptome sequence analysis of s"],"journal":["PloS one"],"pubmed_title":["Testing candidate genes linked to corolla shape variation of a pollinator shift in Rhytidophyllum (Gesneriaceae)."],"pmcid":["PMC9295946"],"funding_grant_id":["402363-2011","05027-2018"],"pubmed_authors":["Joly S","Gonzalez E","Alexandre H","Poulin V","Amesefe D"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Testing candidate genes linked to corolla shape variation of a pollinator shift in Rhytidophyllum (Gesneriaceae).","description":"Floral adaptations to specific pollinators like corolla shape variation often result in reproductive isolation and thus speciation. But despite their ecological importance, the genetic bases of corolla shape transitions are still poorly understood, especially outside model species. Hence, our goal was to identify candidate genes potentially involved in corolla shape variation between two closely related species of the Rhytidophyllum genus (Gesneriaceae family) from the Antilles with contrasting pollination strategies. Rhytidophyllum rupincola has a tubular corolla and is strictly pollinated by hummingbirds, whereas R. auriculatum has more open flowers and is pollinated by hummingbirds, bats, and insects. We surveyed the literature and used a comparative transcriptome sequence analysis of s","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022","modification":"2026-05-27T20:31:09.236Z","creation":"2025-02-19T02:44:19.815Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9295946","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35853078"],"doi":["10.1371/journal.pone.0267540"]}}