Sex choice in plants: Facultative adjustment of the sex ratio in the perennial herb Begonia gracilis

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1177-1185

  Lopez S ^a   Dominguez C A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Begonia; Deceit pollination; Facultative sex allocation; Sex choice; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; POLLINATION; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO;

ARTICLE; BEGONIACEAE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX RATIO; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BEGONIACEAE; EVOLUTION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLLEN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALIA; BEGONIA; BEGONIA GRACILIS; BEGONIACEAE;

EID: 0242627673     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00622.x     Document Type: Article

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