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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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Author:   Nancy Burley ,  Mary F. Willson
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Volume:   19
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9780691083346

ISBN 10:   0691083347
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   21 September 1983
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Language:   English

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"""Mate Choice in Plants calls attention to the possibility of new insights arising from application to plants of ideas originally formulated as explanations of animal behavior, and it does so far more thoroughly than any previous publication.""--George C. Williams, State University of New York at Stony Brook"

Mate Choice in Plants calls attention to the possibility of new insights arising from application to plants of ideas originally formulated as explanations of animal behavior, and it does so far more thoroughly than any previous publication. --George C. Williams, State University of New York at Stony Brook

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