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Tag - seed size
Liam Elliott
Ovule size variations and the relative sizes of ovules to seeds
Is there selection minimizing the costs of ovule production? Such selection should lead to a smaller ovule size in relation to seed size and, at the same time, smaller variation in ovule size within plants, the latter...
Alex Assiry
How repeatable is microevolution on islands?
Archipelagos provide a valuable framework for investigating phenotypic evolution under different levels of geographical isolation. García-Verdugo et al. analysed two co-distributed, widespread plant lineages to examine...
Within-plant epigenetic mosaicism is related to subindividual heterogeneity in seed size and production
Homologous organs produced by individual plants are not identical, and within-plant phenotypic variance often exceeds variance between plants. Alonso et al. hypothesised that epigenetic mosaicism, caused by...
botanyone
Windows of opportunity in embryo development
Variation in mature seed size is the result of a complex array of interactions involving genes, genomes and environment that may change during development. Diggle et al. (pp. 309–319) study the dynamics of embryo and...
Editor Pat Heslop-Harrison
