Functional modularity in a forcible flower mechanism: relationships among morphology, biomechanical features and fitness

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Córdoba, Silvina Alejandra; Benitez-Vieyra, Santiago Miguel; Cocucci, Andrea Aristides
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2015
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Flowers may be interpreted as complex combinations of organs functionallycoordinated to attract pollinators and to mechanically interact with the pollinator?s body,particularly when flower mechanisms are actively handled by pollinators. Thus, a functional modularity of traits in keel flowers (Fabaceae) was expected because of a compartmentalization between attraction and mechanical functions. To test this hypothesis, we used Collaea argentina, a Fabaceae that exhibits typical keel flowers. The force needed to open keels, the keel displacement angle and floral morphometric traits in 100 plants from a natural population were measured to detect floral characters correlated with the biomechanical variables. Furthermore, we examined the relationships among this functional module, biomechanical variables and female reproductive success to explore whether these traits are the targets of pollinator?mediated phenotypic selection, and used path analysis to examine the causal relationship among these variables. A functional module formed by two morphometric traits of the petals directly involved in the floral mechanism (keel and wings) was found, but no flag trait was involved in this module. Even though the functional module had a positive effect on force and there were significant relationships between the displacement angle and fruit set, no significant effect of force on female reproductive success was detected. These results question whether selection currently plays a role favouring the integration of this module, but this may be consistent with a past stabilizing selection on the force needed to open the keel.
Fil: Córdoba, Silvina Alejandra. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (p); Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba; Argentina
Fil: Benitez-Vieyra, Santiago Miguel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (p); Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba; Argentina
Fil: Cocucci, Andrea Aristides. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (p); Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba; Argentina
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Pollination
Floral Phenotypic Selection
Floral Biomechanic Traits
Functional Module
Collaea Argentina
Keel Flowers
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spelling Functional modularity in a forcible flower mechanism: relationships among morphology, biomechanical features and fitnessCórdoba, Silvina AlejandraBenitez-Vieyra, Santiago MiguelCocucci, Andrea AristidesPollinationFloral Phenotypic SelectionFloral Biomechanic TraitsFunctional ModuleCollaea ArgentinaKeel Flowershttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Flowers may be interpreted as complex combinations of organs functionallycoordinated to attract pollinators and to mechanically interact with the pollinator?s body,particularly when flower mechanisms are actively handled by pollinators. Thus, a functional modularity of traits in keel flowers (Fabaceae) was expected because of a compartmentalization between attraction and mechanical functions. To test this hypothesis, we used Collaea argentina, a Fabaceae that exhibits typical keel flowers. The force needed to open keels, the keel displacement angle and floral morphometric traits in 100 plants from a natural population were measured to detect floral characters correlated with the biomechanical variables. Furthermore, we examined the relationships among this functional module, biomechanical variables and female reproductive success to explore whether these traits are the targets of pollinator?mediated phenotypic selection, and used path analysis to examine the causal relationship among these variables. A functional module formed by two morphometric traits of the petals directly involved in the floral mechanism (keel and wings) was found, but no flag trait was involved in this module. Even though the functional module had a positive effect on force and there were significant relationships between the displacement angle and fruit set, no significant effect of force on female reproductive success was detected. These results question whether selection currently plays a role favouring the integration of this module, but this may be consistent with a past stabilizing selection on the force needed to open the keel.Fil: Córdoba, Silvina Alejandra. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (p); Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba; ArgentinaFil: Benitez-Vieyra, Santiago Miguel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (p); Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba; ArgentinaFil: Cocucci, Andrea Aristides. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (p); Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba; ArgentinaSpringer2015-09info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/12277Córdoba, Silvina Alejandra; Benitez-Vieyra, Santiago Miguel; Cocucci, Andrea Aristides; Functional modularity in a forcible flower mechanism: relationships among morphology, biomechanical features and fitness; Springer; Evolutionary Ecology; 29; 5; 9-2015; 719-7320269-7653enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/s10682-015-9783-6info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10682-015-9783-6info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-10-22T11:16:33Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/12277instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-10-22 11:16:34.203CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Functional modularity in a forcible flower mechanism: relationships among morphology, biomechanical features and fitness
title Functional modularity in a forcible flower mechanism: relationships among morphology, biomechanical features and fitness
spellingShingle Functional modularity in a forcible flower mechanism: relationships among morphology, biomechanical features and fitness
Córdoba, Silvina Alejandra
Pollination
Floral Phenotypic Selection
Floral Biomechanic Traits
Functional Module
Collaea Argentina
Keel Flowers
title_short Functional modularity in a forcible flower mechanism: relationships among morphology, biomechanical features and fitness
title_full Functional modularity in a forcible flower mechanism: relationships among morphology, biomechanical features and fitness
title_fullStr Functional modularity in a forcible flower mechanism: relationships among morphology, biomechanical features and fitness
title_full_unstemmed Functional modularity in a forcible flower mechanism: relationships among morphology, biomechanical features and fitness
title_sort Functional modularity in a forcible flower mechanism: relationships among morphology, biomechanical features and fitness
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Córdoba, Silvina Alejandra
Benitez-Vieyra, Santiago Miguel
Cocucci, Andrea Aristides
author Córdoba, Silvina Alejandra
author_facet Córdoba, Silvina Alejandra
Benitez-Vieyra, Santiago Miguel
Cocucci, Andrea Aristides
author_role author
author2 Benitez-Vieyra, Santiago Miguel
Cocucci, Andrea Aristides
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Pollination
Floral Phenotypic Selection
Floral Biomechanic Traits
Functional Module
Collaea Argentina
Keel Flowers
topic Pollination
Floral Phenotypic Selection
Floral Biomechanic Traits
Functional Module
Collaea Argentina
Keel Flowers
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
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https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Flowers may be interpreted as complex combinations of organs functionallycoordinated to attract pollinators and to mechanically interact with the pollinator?s body,particularly when flower mechanisms are actively handled by pollinators. Thus, a functional modularity of traits in keel flowers (Fabaceae) was expected because of a compartmentalization between attraction and mechanical functions. To test this hypothesis, we used Collaea argentina, a Fabaceae that exhibits typical keel flowers. The force needed to open keels, the keel displacement angle and floral morphometric traits in 100 plants from a natural population were measured to detect floral characters correlated with the biomechanical variables. Furthermore, we examined the relationships among this functional module, biomechanical variables and female reproductive success to explore whether these traits are the targets of pollinator?mediated phenotypic selection, and used path analysis to examine the causal relationship among these variables. A functional module formed by two morphometric traits of the petals directly involved in the floral mechanism (keel and wings) was found, but no flag trait was involved in this module. Even though the functional module had a positive effect on force and there were significant relationships between the displacement angle and fruit set, no significant effect of force on female reproductive success was detected. These results question whether selection currently plays a role favouring the integration of this module, but this may be consistent with a past stabilizing selection on the force needed to open the keel.
Fil: Córdoba, Silvina Alejandra. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (p); Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba; Argentina
Fil: Benitez-Vieyra, Santiago Miguel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (p); Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba; Argentina
Fil: Cocucci, Andrea Aristides. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (p); Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba; Argentina
description Flowers may be interpreted as complex combinations of organs functionallycoordinated to attract pollinators and to mechanically interact with the pollinator?s body,particularly when flower mechanisms are actively handled by pollinators. Thus, a functional modularity of traits in keel flowers (Fabaceae) was expected because of a compartmentalization between attraction and mechanical functions. To test this hypothesis, we used Collaea argentina, a Fabaceae that exhibits typical keel flowers. The force needed to open keels, the keel displacement angle and floral morphometric traits in 100 plants from a natural population were measured to detect floral characters correlated with the biomechanical variables. Furthermore, we examined the relationships among this functional module, biomechanical variables and female reproductive success to explore whether these traits are the targets of pollinator?mediated phenotypic selection, and used path analysis to examine the causal relationship among these variables. A functional module formed by two morphometric traits of the petals directly involved in the floral mechanism (keel and wings) was found, but no flag trait was involved in this module. Even though the functional module had a positive effect on force and there were significant relationships between the displacement angle and fruit set, no significant effect of force on female reproductive success was detected. These results question whether selection currently plays a role favouring the integration of this module, but this may be consistent with a past stabilizing selection on the force needed to open the keel.
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