Repeated evolution of self-compatibility for reproductive assurance [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2018 Mating-type switching enables self-compatible reproduction in fungi, but switching ability is variable even within species. Here, the authors find de novo evolution of switching genotypes in experimentally evolved fission yeast populations and show a ...
Bart P. S. Nieuwenhuis +5 more
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Reproductive Assurance Maintains Red-Flowered Plants of Lysimachia arvensis in Mediterranean Populations Despite Inbreeding Depression [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020 Flower color polymorphism, an infrequent but phylogenetically widespread condition in plants, is captivating because it can only be maintained under a few selective regimes but also because it can drive intra-morph assortative mating and promote ...
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Reproductive assurance drives transitions to self-fertilization in experimental Caenorhabditis elegans. [PDF]
BMC Biol, 2014 Evolutionary transitions from outcrossing between individuals to selfing are partly responsible for the great diversity of animal and plant reproduction systems.
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Reproductive assurance weakens pollinator-mediated selection on flower size in an annual mixed-mating species. [PDF]
Ann Bot, 2019 BACKGROUND AND AIMS In animal-pollinated plants, direct and indirect selection for large and small flowers in predominantly outcrossing and selfing species, respectively, is a common consequence of pollen limitation (PL).
Teixido AL, Aizen MA.
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Hoehnea, 2020 (Reproductive assurance in three Neotropical species of Podostemaceae: strategies of self-pollination and the first report of apomixis). The aspects of reproductive assurance of the Lophogyne lacunosa (Gardner) C.P.Bove & C.T.Philbrick, Podostemum ...
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High lifetime inbreeding depression counteracts the reproductive assurance benefit of selfing in a mass-flowering shrub. [PDF]
BMC Evol Biol, 2014 BackgroundDecreases in mate and/or pollinator availability would be expected to affect the selective pressure on plant mating systems. An increase in self-fertilization may evolve to compensate for the negative effects of pollination failure.
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019 Despite being an extensively studied group of corals, the reproductive biology of the scleractinian genus Pocillopora remains a mystery. Pocillopora acuta has been proposed to exhibit a mixed reproductive mode, sexually producing gametes (sperm and eggs)
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Ecological Processes, 2020 Background The ability to produce seeds when pollinators or potential mates are scarce is one of the principal advantages of self-pollination in flowering plants.
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Characteristics of Floral Volatiles and Their Effects on Attracting Pollinating Insects in Three Bidens Species with Sympatric Distribution [PDF]
BiologyThe transition from outcrossing to self-pollination is an evolutionary process in angiosperms. However, the changes in floral volatile composition during this process and their impacts on the behavior of pollinators are poorly understood. Therefore, this
Jun-Wei Ye +4 more
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Unlocking tropical adaptation: novel flowering time genes implicate JA and ROS signaling in maize [PDF]
BMC Plant BiologyBackground Tropical maize germplasm offers a valuable resource of genetic diversity for temperate maize breeding programs but its utilization is often constrained by poor flowering adaptation under long-day photoperiods, which act as a major adaptive ...
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