Mate Choice in Plants (MPB-19), Volume 19 : Tactics, Mechanisms, and Consequences. (MPB-19) / Mary F. Willson, Nancy Burley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burley, Nancy, Author.

Willson, Mary F., Author.

Series:

Monographs in population biology ; 19.

Monographs in Population Biology ; 100

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plants, Sex in.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

1. Introduction and Theoretical Background

2. Limitations on Reproductive Success

3. Male-Male Competition and Female Choice: Bases and Mechanisms

4. Consequences of Prezygotic and Postzygotic Choice

5. Avenues for Exploration

Appendix

Literature Cited

Index

Genus/Species Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780691209500

0691209502

OCLC:

1153518033