Stylish lengths: Mate choice in flowers.
| dc.contributor.author | Ramesha, BT | |
| dc.contributor.author | Yetish, MD | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ravikanth, G | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ganeshaiah, KN | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ghazoul, Jaboury | |
| dc.contributor.author | Shaanker, R Uma | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-08-07T09:25:12Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-08-07T09:25:12Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The styles of flowers may represent an arena for pollen competition in the race to fertilize ovules. Accordingly, selection should favour a longer ‘race’ to better discriminate among variable pollen by increasing style length. Sampling across a taxonomically diverse range of wild and outcrossed species, we found that the distribution of style lengths within plants were skewed towards longer styles, as predicted. In self-pollinated domesticated species, where discrimination among pollen is less important, we found no such pattern. We conclude that style length is under directional selection towards longer styles as a mechanism for mate choice among pollen of variable quality. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Ramesha BT, Yetish MD, Ravikanth G, Ganeshaiah KN, Ghazoul Jaboury, Shaanker R Uma. Stylish lengths: Mate choice in flowers. Journal of Biosciences. 2011 Jun; 36(2): 229-234. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/161538 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.source.uri | https://www.ias.ac.in/jbiosci/jun2011/229.pdf | en_US |
| dc.subject | Flowers | en_US |
| dc.subject | mate choice | en_US |
| dc.subject | outcrossed | en_US |
| dc.subject | skewness | en_US |
| dc.subject | style lengths | en_US |
| dc.title | Stylish lengths: Mate choice in flowers. | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |