Darwin's legacy: The forms, function and sexual diversity of flowers

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1539, 2010, Pages 351-368

  Barrett, Spencer C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Charles Darwin; Flowers; Mating; Pollination

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FITNESS; FLOWER; HYBRIDIZATION; NATURAL SELECTION; POLLINATION; POLYMORPHISM; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ANIMALIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 76749158404     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0212     Document Type: Article

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