Once in a blue moon: an unexpected evolutionary route to blue floral pigmentation in orchids
Emma John, Ryan P. O’Donnell, James Perkins, Monica Ruibal, Takayuki Mizuno, Rod Peakall, Darren C. J. Wong
The paper investigates the genetic basis of blue floral pigmentation in orchids, finding an unexpected pathway involving duplicated genes and regulatory changes rather than the expected CYP75A pathway.
bioRxiv · Oct 23, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology