| Literature DB >> 12066175 |
Linley K Jesson1, Spencer C H Barrett.
Abstract
Enantiostyly is a plant sexual polymorphism in which female sex organs are deflected to the left or right -- resulting in 'mirror-image' flowers -- but, although it occurs in at least a dozen unrelated families of flowering plants, its adaptive significance has been unclear. Here we show that a mendelian locus governs the inheritance of style orientation and that this curious form of sexual asymmetry functions to promote cross-pollination in bee-pollinated plants.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID： 12066175 DOI： 10.1038/417707a
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nature ISSN： 0028-0836 Impact factor: 49.962