A01=Mary F. Willson
A01=Nancy Burley
Adaptation and Natural Selection
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Asexual reproduction
Author_Mary F. Willson
Author_Nancy Burley
B chromosome
Category=PST
Chiasma (genetics)
Coefficient of relationship
Directional selection
Double fertilization
Drosophila melanogaster
Embryo
Embryo quality
Endosperm
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Evolution of sexual reproduction
Female
Fertilisation
Flowering plant
Gamete
Gametophyte
Gene flow
Genotype
Group selection
Gymnosperm
Hamamelidaceae
Honey bee
Hybrid (biology)
Inbreeding
Kin selection
Liriodendron tulipifera
Loranthaceae
Marchantiophyta
Mate choice
Maternal effect
Mating
Meiosis
Meiotic drive
Microspore
Mother plant
Natural selection
Outcrossing
Ovule
Parental investment
Parthenogenesis
Plant reproduction
Plant reproductive morphology
Pollen
Pollen source
Pollen tube
Pollination
Pollinator
Polymorphism (biology)
Population genetics
Regulation of gene expression
Reproduction
Reproductive success
Reproductive system
Reproductive value (population genetics)
Scrophulariaceae
Seed predation
Segregate (taxonomy)
Selfing
Sex ratio
Sexual dimorphism
Sexual reproduction
Sexual selection
Sperm
Spermatophyte
Sporophyte
Transplant experiment
Western honey bee
Zygote
Product details
- ISBN 9780691083346
- Weight: 340g
- Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 21 Sep 1983
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book maintains that higher plants manifest some degree of sexual selection, and it begins to build a framework that unifies many features of plant reproduction previously considered unrelated. Reviewing evidence for sexual selection in plants, the authors discuss possible male-female interactions, concluding with an extensive set of hypotheses for testing. Mechanisms that could be employed in sexual selection in plants include various cellular mechanisms, such as both nuclear and cytoplasmic genetics, B chromosomes, and paternal contributions to the zygote, as well as abortion, double fertilization, delayed fertilization, and certain forms of polyembryony. This study compares the consequences of these processes for the evolution of mate choice in "gymnosperms" and angiosperms.
