Macroevolutionary patterns in the Aphidini aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae): diversification, host association, and biogeographic origins. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Due to its biogeographic origins and rapid diversification, understanding the tribe Aphidini is key to understanding aphid evolution. Major questions about aphid evolution include origins of host alternation as well as age and patterns of diversification
Hyojoong Kim +2 more
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The Ethylene Biosynthesis Gene CitACS4 Regulates Monoecy/Andromonoecy in Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Monoecious and andromonoecious cultivars of watermelon are characterised by the production of male and female flower or male and hermaphrodite flowers, respectively.
Susana Manzano +5 more
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Evolutionary lability of a complex life cycle in the aphid genus
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2010 Background Most aphid species complete their life cycle on the same set of host-plant species, but some (heteroecious species) alternate between different hosts, migrating from primary (woody) to secondary (herbaceous) host plants.
Armelle Coeur d'acier +2 more
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Repeated Evolution of Dioecy from Monoecy in Siparunaceae (Laurales) [PDF]
Systematic Biology, 2001 Siparunaceae comprise Glossocalyx with one species in West Africa and Siparuna with 65 species in the neotropics; all have unisexual flowers, and 15 species are monoecious, 50 dioecious. Parsimony and maximum likelihood analyses of combined nuclear ribosomal ITS and chloroplast trnL-trnF intergenic spacer sequences yielded almost identical topologies ...
Renner, Susanne S., Won, Hyosig
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The Andromonoecious Sex Determination Gene Predates the Separation of Cucumis and Citrullus Genera. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Understanding the evolution of sex determination in plants requires the cloning and the characterization of sex determination genes. Monoecy is characterized by the presence of both male and female flowers on the same plant. Andromonoecy is characterized
Adnane Boualem +9 more
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Hybridization Resulted in Shifts from Dioecy to Monoecy in Weeping Willows (<i>Salix</i> L.). [PDF]
Genes (Basel)Background/Objectives: In flowering plants, hybridization is an important evolutionary force that might change sex distributions and sex determination systems (SDSs). However, little is known about processes in the first hybrid generations.
Alarcón-Bolaños P +3 more
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Reversibility of sex changes in the plant kingdom: more important than we thought? [PDF]
Biol Rev Camb Philos SocABSTRACT Compared to animals, plants show a wide range of reproductive strategies with different degrees of sex separation (e.g. dioecy, monoecy, hermaphroditism). While sex expression was previously thought to be genetically determined and fixed in plants, accumulating evidence suggests that sex expression can change reversibly even within one ...
Sammarco I +3 more
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The Dynamics of Flower Development in Castanea sativa Mill.
Plants, 2021 The sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa Mill.) is one of the most significant Mediterranean tree species, being an important natural resource for the wood and fruit industries.
Ana Teresa Alhinho +7 more
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Agronomy, 2022 Cultivated yam (D. rotundata) is a staple tuber crop in West Africa whose sexual reproduction control remains largely unknown despite its importance for plant breeding programs. In this paper, we compared self-pollination, intracultivar cross-pollination
Narcisse Denadi +6 more
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The Diversity and Dynamics of Sex Determination in Dioecious Plants
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 The diversity of inflorescences among flowering plants is captivating. Such charm is not only due to the variety of sizes, shapes, colors, and flowers displayed, but also to the range of reproductive systems. For instance, hermaphrodites occur abundantly
Ana Paula Leite Montalvão +3 more
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