Intersex inflorescences of Rumex acetosa demonstrate that sex determination is unique to each flower

New Phytologist

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 711-720

  Ainsworth, Charles ^a   Rahman, Azizur ^a   Parker, John ^b   Edwards, Grant ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dioecious plants; Hermaphrodite; Intersex; Rumex acetosa; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIOECY; FLORAL TRAIT; INTERSEX; SEX ALLOCATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; RUMEX; RUMEX ACETOSA;

ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLOIDY; REPRODUCTION; RUMEX;

CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PHENOTYPE; PLOIDIES; REPRODUCTION; RUMEX;

EID: 14244261133     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01281.x     Document Type: Article

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