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SWITCH TO SCARLET
View larger image | In areas where the annual phlox’s range overlaps with that of a close relative, the phlox’s color switches from light purple to scarlet. This shift — driven by two yet-to-be-identified genes — appears to prevent interbreeding with the pointed phlox relative (also a light purple color). Credit: Map: geoatlas/graphi-ogre, graphic: Janel Kiley

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