title: Evolutionary genetics: inheritance of a complex pollination syndrome.
abstract: How adaptive traits that are controlled by multiple genes evolve is an intriguing question in evolutionary genetics. A recent study shows that tight linkage allows genes that contribute to a multitrait pollination syndrome to be inherited together as a unit.
authors.affiliation: Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 16 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Kevin M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: Kirsten
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bomblies
mesh_terms: D017343:Genes, Plant; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D032306:Petunia / Q000235:genetics*