草原标本揭示了Capsella bursa-pastoris叶形和气候之间的联系
Asia T Hightower1,2,3, Daniel H Chitwood4,5, Emily B Josephs1,2,3
1Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, 612 Wilson Rd, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1226.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
|February 26, 2024
概括
羊 (Capsella bursa-pastoris) 的叶子形状变化受到温度的影响,而不是时间. 几何形态学量化了温度上升如何导致叶子的叶片减少.
科学领域:
- 进化生物学是进化的生物学.
- 植物形态学 植物形态学
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
背景情况:
- 叶子形状的变化对于植物的适应性和适应性至关重要.
- 在有不一致边缘的物种中量化叶形状存在挑战.
- 了解环境对植物形式的影响是预测应对气候变化的关键.
结论:
- 几何形态学建模有效量化不一致边缘的物种中的叶子形状变化.
- 温度是Capsella bursa-pastoris树叶形状变化的主要环境驱动因素.
- 尽管气候波动,叶形状变化的程度在上个世纪一直稳定.
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