Mate Choice in Plants (MPB-19), Volume 19 : Tactics, Mechanisms, and Consequences. (MPB-19) Paperback / softback
by Nancy Burley, Mary F. Willson
Part of the Monographs in Population Biology series
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This book maintains that higher plants manifest some degree of sexual selection, and it begins to build a framework that unifies many features of plant reproduction previously considered unrelated.
Reviewing evidence for sexual selection in plants, the authors discuss possible male-female interactions, concluding with an extensive set of hypotheses for testing.
Mechanisms that could be employed in sexual selection in plants include various cellular mechanisms, such as both nuclear and cytoplasmic genetics, B chromosomes, and paternal contributions to the zygote, as well as abortion, double fertilization, delayed fertilization, and certain forms of polyembryony.
This study compares the consequences of these processes for the evolution of mate choice in "gymnosperms" and angiosperms.
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- Pages:264 pages
- Publisher:Princeton University Press
- Publication Date:21/09/1983
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- ISBN:9780691083346
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:264 pages
- Publisher:Princeton University Press
- Publication Date:21/09/1983
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- ISBN:9780691083346