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September 27, 2025Open Access

Selective contexts favouring asymmetry: a theoretical and empirical study of pollen transfer in mirror-image flowers

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MSMarco SaltiniSMSam McCarrenNINicola Illing

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Theoretical and empirical analysis explores pollen dynamics and mating outcomes in enantiostylous plants, indicating evolutionary advantages.

Key Points

  • Enantiostylous flowers received more outcrossed pollen than straight-styled flowers, enhancing reproductive success.
  • Dimorphic enantiostylous plants exhibited increased pollen carryover and exported more pollen to mates, suggesting higher siring diversity.
  • Field observations of dimorphic enantiostylous Wachendorfia paniculata were integrated with a mathematical pollen transfer model for analysis.
  • Enantiostyly may offer selective advantages, although benefits can be diminished under low pollen availability or low autogamy rates.

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Saltini et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d7b3ddeebfec0fc52367ebhttps://doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.23.677969
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