Where Have All The Good Men Gone? Don’t Despair – Make Some Yourself (That’s What Plants Do..)
Observed rates of evolution in the experiment were among the highest yet recorded.
Tag: reproductive assurance
Not All Scarlet Pimpernels Arrange Their Sexual Organs the Same Way to Avoid Pollinating Themselves
When there are unsuitable partners around, Lysimachia arvensis, will alter its herkogamy to favour self pollination over outcrossing with the wrong flowers
Do I need a sexual partner, or is it better to be my own date? The evolution of sexually dimorphic plants
Pollen limitation and reproductive assurance in a fragmented landscape
Flower-level developmental plasticity and mating system in Datura
Reductions in herkogamy with flower positions may be expected in environments with either low pollinator abundance or low nutrients.
Mixed mating after the loss of self-incompatibility in a long-living perennial herb
Seasonal variation in selfing rate
Increased heterosis in selfing populations of a perennial forb
Shifts in mating systems under contrasting environments
Establishment of plant populations in novel environments may generate shifts in floral traits and plant mating systems.
