Supergenes are genomic regions containing sets of tightly linked loci that control multi-trait
phenotypic polymorphisms under balancing selection. Recent advances in genomics have …

Heterostylous genetic polymorphisms provide paradigmatic systems for investigating
adaptation and natural selection. Populations are usually comprised of two (distyly) or three …

Since the first edition of this book published in 2005, there has been an immense amount of
new and fascinating work on the history, ecology, and evolution of the Mediterranean flora …

Advances in plant cell molecular biology have considerably increased our understanding of
pollen-pistil barriers, particularly those operated by incompatibility mechanisms, and, at the …

Comparisons of the causes and consequences of cross–and self–fertilization have
dominated research on plant mating since Darwin's seminal work on plant reproduction …

In reward—producing animal—pollinated plants, small populations are likely to be less
attractive to pollinators than large populations. The likelihood of pollinator limitation of seed …

Many flowering plants exhibit dual reproductive modes, producing both sexual and asexual
offspring. The commonest form of asexual reproduction is clonal growth, in which vegetative …

S ex in flowering plants is complicated by three distinctive features of their biology. First,
being sessile, plants require vectors to transfer male gametes (pollen) between individuals …

Immobility complicates mating by angiosperms because the transfer of male gametes
between individuals requires pollen vectors. Although abiotic and biotic vectors can …

We recognize four major classes of stylar polymorphisms in flowering plants: the
heterostylous conditions distyly and tristyly, stigma-height dimorphism, and enantiostyly …