#Erythranthe lewisii, fka #Mimulus lewisii magenta monkey-flower, growing in an alpine meadow.
#garden #gardening #flowers #horticulture #photography #bloomscrolling #botany
Word Search Puzzle 620

Word List : #tite #xenian #beefiest #avidin #zaniest #glen #screich #skittle #tanghan #mimulus #godship #somal #timote #starful #feme #fesswise #cobleman #ossal

Kara Finance
#Mimulus (monkeyflower) currently in full bloom in my part of the Santa Monica Mountains.
How a single-gene change led to a new species of monkeyflower

Monkeyflowers glow in a rich assortment of colors, from yellow to pink to deep red-orange. But about 5 million years ago, some of them lost their yellow. In the Feb. 10 issue of Science, UConn botanists explain what happened genetically to jettison the yellow pigment, and the implications for the evolution of species.

Phys.org
Unexpected discovery in Monkeyflowers: Change in flower color caused by inverted repeat producing phased siRNAs that regulate carotenoid biosynthesis. #FlowerPigmentation #Mimulus #FlowerColor
https://www.science.org/toc/science/379/6632?utm_campaign=SciMag&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=ownedSocial
Contents | Science 379, 6632

Science
Thanks @KenThompson for visiting us in Stockholm today! Awesome talk on the ecology of hybrid incompatibilities in #sticklebacks, #sunflowers, #Mimulus, #Penstamon, and hopefully adding #yeast to the collection soon!
My first lead-author paper is now up on #Bioarxiv ! We characterized genomic divergence and postmating reproductive isolation in a cute but understudied group of #monkeyflowers ( #Mimulus, aka #Diplacus ) and found strong isolation caused by hybrid seed inviability as well as a case of unilateral postmating prezygotic isolation and some hybrid male sterility. Link: https://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2022.12.21.521469v1
Day 3 brought us to an amazing population of a variety of #Mimulus gracilis that has taken on more radial symmetry and points its flowers towards the sky to attract #pollinators.
Day 2 started out at Taroom, QLD, from which we headed north to look at a site with an old #herbarium record of an interesting variety of #Mimulus gracilis. It was not at the location we were looking for, but then Bill told me to pull over and he immediately found the thing on the side of the road. Here is him being very excited about seeing this plant for the first time in the field.