Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Convergent evolution of a novel blood-red nectar pigment in vertebrate-pollinated flowers
R. Roy, N. Moreno, S. A. Brockman…·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.
DOI 10.1073/pnas.2114420119