Why do stigmas move in a flexistylous plant?

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 497-504

  Sun, S ^a   Zhang, D Y ^b   Ives, A R ^c   Li, Q J ^a  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpinia; Flexistyly; Floral manipulation; Male fitness; Sexual interference

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FITNESS; FLOWER VISITING; HERMAPHRODITE; MONOCOTYLEDON; POLLEN; POLLINATION; POLYMORPHISM; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ALPINIA; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION;

ALPINIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FLOWERS; POLLINATION; SELECTION, GENETIC;

ALPINIA; ALPINIA MUTICA;

EID: 79951743825     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02181.x     Document Type: Article

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