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Size-dependent gender modification in Lilium apertum (Liliaceae): does this species exhibit gender diphasy?
Annals of botany - 1 Sept 2014
Zhang Zhi-Qiang, Zhu Xing-Fu, Sun Hang, Yang Yong-Ping, Barrett Spencer C H
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Variation in the relative female and male reproductive success of flowering plants is widespread, despite the fundamental hermaphroditic condition of the majority of species. In many hermaphroditic populations, environmental conditions and their influence on development and size can influence the gender expression of individuals through the formation of hermaphroditic and unisexual flowers....
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