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Male-biased hermaphrodites in a gynodioecious shrub, Daphne jezoensis.
Plant biology (Stuttgart, Germany) - 1 Sept 2016
Sinclair J P, Kameyama Y, Shibata A, Kudo G
Abstract excerpt
Gynodioecy, a state where female and hermaphrodite plants coexist in populations, has been widely proposed an intermediate stage in the evolutionary pathway from hermaphroditism to dioecy. In the gynodioecy-dioecy pathway, hermaphrodites may gain most of their fitness through male function once females invade populations. To test this prediction, comprehensive studies on sex ratio variation across populations and...
Topics
- Biological Evolution
- Daphne
- Fertility
- Flowers
- Fruit
- Geography
- Hermaphroditic Organisms
- Japan
- Phenotype
- Pollen
- Pollination
- Reproduction
