Pollinator Behavior Drives Sexual Specializations in the Hermaphrodite Flowers of a Heterodichogamous Tree

• Published in: Frontiers in plant science Vol. 10; p. 1315
• Main Authors: Wajnberg, Eric, Tel-Zur, Noemi, Shapira, Idan, Lebber, Yochai, Lev-Yadun, Simcha, Zurgil, Udi, Reisman-Berman, Orna, Keasar, Tamar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers 18.10.2019; Frontiers Media S.A
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Biodiversity and Ecology; dioecy; Ecology, environment; Environmental Sciences; heterodichogamy; insect pollination; Life Sciences; Plant Science; Populations and Evolution; probabilistic model; Symbiosis; Ziziphus spina-christi
• ISSN: 1664-462X; 1664-462X
• DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01315

Dioecy, the specialization of individuals into either male-only or female-only sexual function, has multiple evolutionary origins in plants. One proposed ancestral mating system is heterodichogamy, two morphs of cross-fertilizing hermaphrodite flowers that differ in their timing of flowering. Previo...