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Flexibility of resource allocation in a hermaphroditic-gynomonoecious herb through deployment of female and male resources in perfect flowers.
American journal of botany - 1 Mar 2017
Mamut Jannathan, Xiong Ying-Ze, Tan Dun-Yan, Huang Shuang-Quan
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PREMISE OF THE STUDY: It has been hypothesized that two flower types permit flexible allocation of resources to female and male functions, yet empirical evidence for the sex-allocation hypothesis remains scarce in gynomonoecious species. To characterize resource allocation to pistillate and perfect flowers and allocation of perfect flowers between gynomonoecious and hermaphroditic individuals, we examined the...
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