First evidence of plants evolving weaponry to compete in the struggle for selection
Thursday, March 20, 2014 - 18:20
in Biology & Nature
This is an example of the horned pollinaria found in South American milkweed. Rutting stags and clawing bears are but two examples of male animals fighting over a mate, but research in New Phytologist has uncovered the first evidence of similar male struggles leading to the evolution of weaponry in plants.