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A new approach to the quantification of degree of reciprocity in distylous (sensu lato) plant populations.
Annals of botany - 1 Sept 2008
Sanchez Jose M, Ferrero Victoria, Navarro Luis
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Although evolution of sexual polymorphism has been traditionally analysed using discrete characters, most of these polymorphisms are continuous. This is the case of heterostyly. Heterostyly is a floral polymorphism successfully used as a model to study the evolution of the sexual systems in plants. It involves the reciprocal positioning of anthers and stigmas in flowers of different plants...
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