Stylish lengths: Mate choice in flowers.
J Biosci
;
2011 Jun; 36(2): 229-234
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en Inglés
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-161538
ABSTRACT
The styles of flowers may represent an arena for pollen competition in the race to fertilize ovules. Accordingly, selection should favour a longer ‘race’ to better discriminate among variable pollen by increasing style length. Sampling across a taxonomically diverse range of wild and outcrossed species, we found that the distribution of style lengths within plants were skewed towards longer styles, as predicted. In self-pollinated domesticated species, where discrimination among pollen is less important, we found no such pattern. We conclude that style length is under directional selection towards longer styles as a mechanism for mate choice among pollen of variable quality.
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J Biosci
Año:
2011
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