Why are the seed cones of conifers so diverse at pollination?
Form and function relationships in plant reproductive structures have long fascinated biologists. Although the intricate associations between specific pollinators and reproductive morphology have been widely explored among animal-pollinated plants, the evolutionary processes underlying the diverse m...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión aceptada para publicación |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/391923 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/391923 https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85048669193 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Abies koreana Conifer Functional morphology Gymnosperm Heterochrony Picea jezoensis Pollination biology |
| Resumo: | Form and function relationships in plant reproductive structures have long fascinated biologists. Although the intricate associations between specific pollinators and reproductive morphology have been widely explored among animal-pollinated plants, the evolutionary processes underlying the diverse morphologies of wind-pollinated plants remain less well understood. Here we study how this diversity may have arisen by focusing on two conifer species in the pine family that have divergent reproductive cone morphologies at pollination. |
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