Adaptive divergence in shoot gravitropism creates hybrid sterility in an Australian wildflower
M. J. Wilkinson, F. Roda, G. M. Walter, M. E. James, R. Nipper, J. Walsh, S. L. Allen, H. L. North, C. A. Beveridge, D. Ortiz-Barrientos
This study shows that adaptive divergence in shoot gravitropism contributes to hybrid sterility in Senecio lautus, linking local adaptation to speciation through reproductive isolation.
bioRxiv · Mar 21, 2021Evolutionary Biology