Digest: Experimental evolution provides a window into the evolution of generalized pollination

Abstract

Do plants with multiple pollinators evolve unique trait combinations or intermediate phenotypes compared to plants with one pollinator? Using experimental evolution, Schiestl et al. (2018) found that plants pollinated by bumblebees and hoverflies evolved trait values not observed in plants pollinated by one taxon, which provides evidence for the existence of a unique generalized pollination phenotype.