A study of Paspalum species native to South America shows that while clones can expand a plant's range, the method a parent uses to clone itself will impact how the population develops.
Tag - self-fertilization
Alun Salt
Herbivores can cause dioecious plants to partly swap sex
Rather than inherently being 'male' or 'female', Mercurialis annua can produce flowers as a plastic response to its environment.
Does self-fertilization rescue populations or increase the risk of extinction?
Pierre-Oliver Cheptou examines two seemingly contradictory findings. Over the last 10 years, well-established patterns of evolution have emerged. First, experimental studies have shown that self-fertilization is likely...
Alex Assiry
Evolution of mating system, life history, and photosynthetic physiology in Clarkia
In the western United States, Clarkia (Onagraceae) taxa vary in mating system, life history, and photosynthetic physiology. Self-fertilizing taxa bloom earlier in the year and have higher rates of photosynthesis than...
botanyone
Plant biotic interactions and fitness in habitat edges
Habitat variations influence the richness and composition of insect guilds. This affects plant reproduction, which depends upon functional relationships with insects involving both pollination and predation. The impact...
AoBPLANTS
Variation in outcrossing and photosynthetic rates in Clarkia reveals independent evolutionary transitions
Adaptive hypotheses to explain the evolution of self-fertilisation in plants are well-characterised, but alternative evolutionary pathways are underexplored. The mating systems and photosynthetic rates of some sister...
Mating system of a heavy-metal-tolerant plant
The pseudometallophyte Noccaea caerulescens is an excellent model to study adaptation to heterogeneous environments, as it grows both on normal and on heavy-metal-rich, toxic soils. Information on its mating system is...
