Hormonal interactions and gene regulation can link monoecy and environmental plasticity to the evolution of dioecy in plants

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1022-1037

  Golenberg, Edward M ^a   West, Nicholas W ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dioecy; Environmental sex determination; Evolution; Flower development; Genetic sex determination; Hormone crosstalk; Hormone regulation; Monoecy; Sexual plasticity

Indexed keywords

PHYTOHORMONE;

ALLELE; ANGIOSPERM; DIOECY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE; MONOECY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT COMMUNITY;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; DIOECY; ENVIRONMENTAL SEX DETERMINATION; EVOLUTION; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC SEX DETERMINATION; GENETICS; HORMONE CROSSTALK; HORMONE REGULATION; METABOLISM; MONOECY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL PLASTICITY;

DIOECY; ENVIRONMENTAL SEX DETERMINATION; EVOLUTION; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC SEX DETERMINATION; HORMONE CROSSTALK; HORMONE REGULATION; MONOECY; SEXUAL PLASTICITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; REPRODUCTION;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84878837827     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1200544     Document Type: Article

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