Search Results - "DE CAUWER, ISABELLE"
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Effects of sexual dimorphism on pollinator behaviour in a dioecious species
Published in Oikos (01-03-2022)“…Floral traits often display sexual dimorphism in insect‐pollinated dioecious plant species, with male individuals typically being showier than females. While…”
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Widespread coexistence of self-compatible and self-incompatible phenotypes in a diallelic self-incompatibility system in Ligustrum vulgare (Oleaceae)
Published in Heredity (01-10-2021)“…The breakdown of self-incompatibility (SI) in angiosperms is one of the most commonly observed evolutionary transitions. While multiple examples of SI…”
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Replicated analysis of the genetic architecture of quantitative traits in two wild great tit populations
Published in Molecular ecology (01-12-2015)“…Currently, there is much debate on the genetic architecture of quantitative traits in wild populations. Is trait variation influenced by many genes of small…”
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CMS-G from Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima is maintained in natural populations despite containing an atypical cytochrome c oxidase
Published in Biochemical journal (28-02-2018)“…While mitochondrial mutants of the respiratory machinery are rare and often lethal, cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS), a mitochondrially inherited trait that…”
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Diallelic self‐incompatibility is the main determinant of fertilization patterns in olive orchards
Published in Evolutionary applications (01-04-2021)“…Self‐incompatibility (SI) in flowering plants potentially represents a major obstacle for sexual reproduction, especially when the number of S‐alleles is low…”
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Sex-specific selection patterns in a dioecious insect-pollinated plant
Published in Evolution (29-06-2023)“…Competition for mate acquisition is the hallmark of any sexual organism. In insect-pollinated plants, competition to attract pollinators is expected to result…”
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On the function of flower number: disentangling fertility from pollinator-mediated selection
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (30-11-2022)“…In animal-pollinated angiosperms, the 'male-function' hypothesis claims that male reproductive success (RS) should benefit from large floral displays, through…”
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Does pollination syndrome reflect pollinator efficiency in Silene nutans?
Published in Acta oecologica (Montrouge) (01-05-2020)“…Despite the specialization of floral traits towards particular floral visitors (pollination syndrome), insect-pollinated plants can display generalist rather…”
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Genomic dissection of variation in clutch size and egg mass in a wild great tit (Parus major) population
Published in Molecular ecology (01-08-2013)“…Clutch size and egg mass are life history traits that have been extensively studied in wild bird populations, as life history theory predicts a negative…”
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Social and spatial effects on genetic variation between foraging flocks in a wild bird population
Published in Molecular ecology (01-10-2017)“…Social interactions are rarely random. In some instances, animals exhibit homophily or heterophily, the tendency to interact with similar or dissimilar…”
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FINE-SCALE GENETIC STRUCTURE IN A WILD BIRD POPULATION: THE ROLE OF LIMITED DISPERSAL AND ENVIRONMENTALLY BASED SELECTION AS CAUSAL FACTORS
Published in Evolution (01-12-2013)“…Individuals are typically not randomly distributed in space; consequently ecological and evolutionary theory depends heavily on understanding the spatial…”
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Nuclear and cytoplasmic genetic diversity in weed beet and sugar beet accessions compared to wild relatives: new insights into the genetic relationships within the Beta vulgaris complex species
Published in Theoretical and applied genetics (01-05-2008)“…Hybridization between cultivated species and their wild relatives is now widely considered to be common. In the Beta vulgaris complex, the sugar beet seed…”
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Gynodioecy in structured populations: understanding fine‐scale sex ratio variation in Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima
Published in Molecular ecology (01-02-2012)“…Natural selection, random processes and gene flow are known to generate sex ratio variations among sexually polymorphic plant populations. In gynodioecious…”
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The design and cross-population application of a genome-wide SNP chip for the great tit Parus major
Published in Molecular ecology resources (01-07-2012)“…The vast amount of phenotypic information collected in some wild animal populations makes them extremely valuable for unravelling the genetics of ecologically…”
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Effects of fine-scale genetic structure on male mating success in gynodioecious Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima
Published in Molecular ecology (01-04-2010)“…Plant mating systems are known to influence population genetic structure because pollen and seed dispersal are often spatially restricted. However, the…”
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