Parental Strategy: Gender and Maternity in Higher Plants
Authors:
- Jon Lovett DoustJDJon Lovett Doust
- Lesley Lovett DoustLDLesley Lovett Doust
- 1 March 1983
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in BioScience
- Vol. 33 (3) , 180-186
Abstract
Individual higher plants may be male or female to a varying degree. The division of sexual labor leaves the maternal parent in any successful mating bearing the additional cost of nurturing embryos within developing seeds. Patterns of parental sex allocation reflect the evolutionary fitness that may be gained by assuming various gender roles. The evolution of gender separation is discussed.Keywords
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