Environmental Factors Linked To Sex Ratio Of Plants Discovered

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 - 09:21 in Biology & Nature

Environmental factors can transform the ratio of females to males in plant populations according to new research. The authors suggest that when females capture large amounts of pollen, female-determining pollen tubes out-compete male-determining pollen tubes to fertilize the single ovule in each flower.

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