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[email protected] THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES INBREEDING DEPRESSION AND MATING SYSTEM EVOLUTION IN THE PERENNIAL HERB VIOLA SEPTEMLOBA; AND THE EVOLUTIONARY MAINTANENCE OF CLEISTOGAMY By CHRISTOPHER G. OAKLEY A Thesis submitted to the Department of Biological Science In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science Degree Awarded: Fall Semester, 2004 The member of the Committee approve the thesis of Christopher G. Oakley defended on July 12, 2004. Alice A. Winn Professor Directing Thesis David Houle Committee Member Joseph Travis Committee Member Approved: Timothy S. Moerland, Chair, Department of Biological Science The Office of Graduate Studies has verified and approved the above named committee members. ii ACKNOWLEGEMENTS I would like to especially thank Alice Winn, David Houle and Joseph Travis for their help and advice throughout the course of my studies. I would also like to thank Ken Moriuchi, Jean Burns Moriuchi, Karen Jacobsen, and David Low for help with the field and greenhouse experiments, and /or reviewing parts of this work, and a special thanks to the Florida State University presidential research fellowship for funding during a portion of my studies. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Tables ..…………………………………………………………………………v List of Figures ..………………………………………………………………………..vi Abstract ..………………………………………………………………………………vii INTRODUCTION ………………………...…………………………………………….1 1. INBREEDING DEPRESSION AND MATING SYSTEM EVOLUTION IN THE CLEISTOGAMOUS PERENNIAL VIOLA SEPTEMLOBA ………………..…4 2.